ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith blasted Democratic California Sen. Alex Padilla on Thursday for his disruptive behavior during a press conference with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
Padilla stormed Noem’s presser, yelling questions at the DHS Secretary, before being handcuffed and taken out of the room by police.
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“Senator Padilla identified himself before being dragged out by security.”
Full video shows he started heckling and interrupting Kristi Noem and only inroduced himself AFTER he was already being dragged out for disrupting.
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“Can Kristi Noem speak? Could you have waited till she finished to ask your questions — to shout your questions?” Smith asked. “You are a senator, right? You couldn’t wait? So that was just you out of control because you were just losing it, huh?”
“You — a United States senator — couldn’t compose yourself and let the head of Homeland Security finish her thoughts before you asked a question?” he continued. “Couldn’t do that, huh? Couldn’t do it, huh?”
Watch the clip below:
🚨NEW: Stephen A. Smith GOES OFF on Dem Sen. Alex Padilla over behavior at Kristi Noem press conference🚨
"You — a United States senator — couldn't compose yourself and let the head of Homeland Security finish her thoughts before you asked a question?"
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“We all know you could have waited for her to finish speaking,” Smith said, answering his own question.
Smith agreed with Padilla’s removal but took issue withhim being cuffed.
“They had no business putting cuffs on Senator Padilla. Escorting him out of the room — even forcibly — was within bounds. The Secretary of Homeland Security was speaking. You let her finish,” he said. “You don’t want to let her finish? Then hey, they definitely should have removed you from the room. That is it. They didn’t need to put you on the ground. They didn’t need to handcuff you. All they needed to do was keep you out of the room.”
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