“Outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful”

Deadline: White House

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News, Donald Trump, Daily News, The White House, Nicolle Wallace, Politics, Nbc News, Washington Dc, Msnbc, Government

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Nicolle Wallace on the forcible removal and handcuffing of Senator Alex Padilla from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference today, reactions from outraged Democratic lawmakers, and the stunning moment’s implications. Joined by: Jacob Soboroff, Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, Ben Rhodes, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Rep. Mikie Sherill, Rep. Robert Garcia, Maj. Gen. Randy Manner, Charlie Sykes, Justina Machado, and Alicia Menendez.

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0:00.0	Hi there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in New York. We begin with breaking news, another Rubicon crossing moment for the United States of America.
0:14.0	A sitting senator, California Democratic Senator Alex Padilla, was treated in a manner you don't see every day in the United States of America
0:22.6	or in any democracy for that matter. Today he was forcibly removed from a press conference
0:28.7	that was being held by Homeland Security Secretary Christy Knoam. A sitting senator was then
0:34.3	handcuffed and his body was placed on the ground. The video released by Senator
0:40.4	Padilla's office shows what I just described.
0:44.9	Sir, sir, hands up, hands up. I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary, because the fact of the matter is a half a dozen violent criminals that you're rotating on your, on your, on your, hands off.
1:04.0	How many of our items have been dropped on the ground.
1:11.6	Hands upon your back.
1:14.6	Hands on your back.
1:15.6	Let him get up.
1:16.6	It's good.
1:17.6	It's going to be on my back.
1:18.6	All right.
1:19.6	Cool.
1:20.6	With the hand, lay flat.
1:21.6	Lay flat.
1:22.6	Other hand, sir.
1:23.6	Other hand.
1:24.6	Other hand.
1:26.6	There's no recording allowed out here.
1:34.3	I did not know. There's no recording allowed out here.
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