California Democratic Senator Alex Padilla It was violently evicted from the press conference that the Secretary of Security was providing, Kristi Noem, In Washington DC “I have questions for the secretary,” he said while the security agents took him out.
Padilla is son of Mexican immigrants and the officers did not recognize him and ended up withdrawing him from the room as aggressor potential.
“I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Take my hands off me!” He expressed while an agent who wore an FBI vest placed his wives.
After viralizing the videos of the happened, the Security Department defended the action of the agents: “” Senator Padilla opted for An disrespectful political action and interrupted a live press conference Without identifying or carrying your badge Senate security while they pounced on the secretary Noem. “
“Mr. Padilla who backed down and did not comply with the repeated orders of the officers“The statement said, while clarifying that the officers assumed” that he was an attacker. “
For his part, Padilla expressed in his X account: “If that is what they do to an American senator with a question, Imagine what you can do to any American to dare to speak. We will demand accounts to this administration. “
Who is Senator Alex Padilla
Padilla is a senator known for his firm critical posture towards deportation policies, in particular those promoted by the administration of Donald Trump.
Son of Mexican immigrants, Padilla is the First Latino to occupy a seat in the Senate for California. He grew up in Pacoima, Los Angeles, and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute (MIT) with a mechanical engineering title.
He reached his current position in 2021, after being appointed by the governor Gavin Newsom to occupy the seat that Kamala Harris left vacant by assuming as vice president. Then, he has been chosen for a complete mandate in 2022.
Source: Ambito
