Redditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 days agoCalifornia Sen. Alex Padilla handcuffed at Noem news conference in LAwww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down12
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minus-squareultranaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up106·4 days agoI never imagined I would see a US Senator get manhandled to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents for asking questions at a press conference.
minus-squareBoddhisatva@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49arrow-down1·4 days agoI’ve imagined it. I’ve also imagined worse, and I’m fairly certain I’ll see it in the not to distant future. Trump is almost at the ‘kill legislators and judges’ stage of his fascist takeover.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·4 days agoI wonder if Democrats will learn something from this, or if Schumer will demand Padilla apologize before next week.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·4 days agoAttempting to ask questions, they steamrolled him before he had the chance to ask.
I never imagined I would see a US Senator get manhandled to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents for asking questions at a press conference.
I’ve imagined it. I’ve also imagined worse, and I’m fairly certain I’ll see it in the not to distant future. Trump is almost at the ‘kill legislators and judges’ stage of his fascist takeover.
I wonder if Democrats will learn something from this, or if Schumer will demand Padilla apologize before next week.
Attempting to ask questions, they steamrolled him before he had the chance to ask.