Meet the Press NOW — June 12

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🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was restrained and removed from a DHS press conference as Secretary Noem defended the Trump administration’s response to the protests in Los Angeles. Democratic governors go toe-to-toe with House Republicans over President Trump's immigration policies during an Oversight Committee hearing. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) joins Meet the Press NOW to react to the incident involving Sen. Padilla.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Meet the Press.
0:12.5	Now I'm Kristen Welker in Washington.
0:14.6	As the focus of the political world right now is on South Florida where Donald Trump is
0:19.2	set to be arraigned in a federal courthouse in Miami less than 24 hours from now, on 37
0:24.6	felony counts tied to his mis-landling of classified documents.
0:28.8	This was the scene just a few moments ago as the former president arrived at his club
0:32.2	in Durral, Florida, where he'll spend the night.
0:34.8	Mr. Trump landed in Miami less than 90 minutes ago following a weekend of fiery remarks,
0:40.2	lashing out at the charges facing him, lashing out at President Biden at the Justice Department
0:45.2	and at Special Counsel Jack Smith.
0:47.7	The ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the Biden administration's weaponized
0:53.3	the Department of Justice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the
0:59.2	history of our country.
1:00.3	Many people have said that Democrats have even said it.
1:03.4	This vicious persecution is a travesty of justice.
1:08.3	These criminals cannot be rewarded.
1:10.2	They must be defeated.
1:11.2	You have to defeat them.
1:13.8	You have to defeat them.
1:17.0	Because in the end they're not coming after me.
1:19.0	They're coming after you.
1:20.3	And I'm just standing in their way.
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