Exclusive | Sen. Alex Padilla knew exactly what he was doing with disgusting arrest stunt, border czar Tom Homan tells Pod Force One
California Sen.Alex Padilla (D) barging unannounced into a Department of Homeland Security press conference to oppose President Trump’s migrant deportations earlier this month was “disgusting,” border czar Tom Homan erupted on a new episode of the “Pod Force One” podcast, out Wednesday.“He knew exactly [what] he was doing.
Yeah, let’s make a scene.Let me get on TV,” Homan fumed to Post columnist and podcast host Miranda Devine.
“Now they’re up in arms.It’s disgusting.”During a June 12 briefing by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on the Los Angeles riots, Padilla burst into the room and began shouting at Noem, forcing law enforcement officers to restrain him.Every week, Post columnist Miranda Devine sits down for exclusive and candid conversations with the most influential disruptors in Washington.
Subscribe here!Padilla, who later said he had been looking for answers about the Trump administration’s “increasingly extreme” immigration policy, was then hauled out of the meeting and handcuffed while continuing to shout “Hands off!”“I’m Sen.Alex Padilla! I have questions for the secretary!” the Democrat yelled before he was shoved outside and put in handcuffs, viral footage of the scuffle showed, before being released.Noem also met briefly with him following the press conference.Democrats were quick to denounce Padilla’s treatment.
“This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful,” seethed California Governor Gavin Newsom on X.Even as Los Angeles remained under riot-induced curfew, lefty Mayor Karen Bass joined in Newsom’s outrage, calling Padilla’s removal “abhorrent” and “outrageous.”Homan, in the latest “Pod Force One” episode, said that the Democrats’ response to Padilla butting heads with federal immigration officers, which was repeated days later by New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander, has been vastly overblown and hypocritical. “They can’t honestly sit there and...