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June 2025 incident

June 2025 incident

During a press conference for Kristi Noem, the secretary of Homeland Security, Alex Padilla was forcibly removed and briefly handcuffed, June 12, 2025.
Courtesy the Office of the Senator Alex Padilla/Reuters; thumbnail © Luke Johnson—Los Angeles Times/Getty Images
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Transcript

Exaggerate and embellish. Sir, sir! Hands up, hands up! I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, I have a dozen violent criminals this year rotating on your Honor. I also have I'm a member. I have a doctor.

On the ground. On the ground. Hands on your back and on your back. If you let me sit on my hands. Behind my back. All right. Cool. One hand. Lay flat. Lay flat. Other hand sir, other hand.

There's no recording allowed out here. I do not know you. No recording allowed out here, current have rights? What, I'm sorry? There's no recording of it. Yeah, that's my boss. If there's nobody working for other people, go. There's no recording. I'm not a member. There's no recording. I understand this is your buddy.