No one is above the law.
California Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a press conference with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday.
Noem was addressing the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.
After loudly speaking over Noem, Padilla was pushed out of the room by authorities as they ordered him to put his hands up, Fox News reports.
The incident happened shortly after Noem said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “is staying here to liberate this city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into this city.”
Watch the clips below:
Whoa!! A sitting US Senator, Alex Padilla, was just shoved and forcibly removed from a press conference with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. Reports are he’s been arrested.
No one is above the law. It’s about time these Democrats stopped acting like they are. pic.twitter.com/uGoNW6zvEZ
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) June 12, 2025
When Alex Padilla was CA Sec. of State, his office sent an email to Twitter 1.0 saying that “dc_draino is spreading election misinformation”
Weeks later I was banned for “election misinformation” for almost 2 years
Now I’m back on X with 2.2M followers and he’s getting arrested… pic.twitter.com/yJfTpqjrRk
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) June 12, 2025
California Governor took to X to share his thoughts.
“@SenAlexPadilla is one of the most decent people I know,” Newsom wrote in the post. “This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful. Trump and his shock troops are out of control. This must end now.”
Senator Alex Padilla is one of the most decent people I know.
This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.
Trump and his shock troops are out of control.
This must end now. https://t.co/rE7wu9Q63O
— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) June 12, 2025
This story is developing…