Newsom slams Padilla removal: ‘Trump and his shock troops are out of control’

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) slammed the removal of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) from a property league with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem connected Thursday, arguing the Trump medication is “out of control.”

Padilla was forcibly removed and the incident, caught connected video by reporters connected the scene, showing aggregate men restraining the legislator and moving to region him from the room. He was aboriginal forced to the crushed and handcuffed.

“.@SenAlexPadilla is 1 of the astir decent radical I know. This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful. Trump and his daze troops are retired of control. This indispensable extremity now,” Newsom said on X, sharing a video of Padilla being removed.

The politician aboriginal posted on X, “If they tin handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, ideate what they volition bash to you” with an representation of Padilla connected the crushed surrounded by FBI agents.

Noem said she planned to talk with the legislator erstwhile the property league began, adding, “I deliberation everybody successful America would hold that that wasn’t appropriate, that if you wanted to person a civilian discussion, particularly arsenic a leader, a nationalist official, that you would scope retired and effort to person a conversation.”

A  Department of Homeland Security spokesperson aboriginal said connected X that Noem and Padilla met for 15 minutes, calling what the legislator did “disrespectful governmental theatre” and claiming the Secret Service “thought helium was an attacker.”  

“I’m legislator Alex Padilla. I person questions for the secretary,” Padilla said successful the video.

President Trump and borderline czar Tom Homan had warned that authorities and section officials could beryllium arrested if they interruption the instrumentality amid the administration’s escalating clash with Newsom and different California Democrats.

On Monday, Trump said he would enactment arresting Newsom aft the politician dared the Homan to bash truthful implicit the protests successful Los Angeles astir immigration.

“I would bash it if I were Tom,” Trump said, referring to Homan.

“I deliberation it’s great. Gavin likes the publicity, but I deliberation it would beryllium a large thing,” Trump said. “Look, I similar Gavin Newsom. He’s a bully guy. But he’s grossly incompetent.”

Homan connected Monday nighttime said talk astir Newsom’s arrest has been “blown retired of proportion.”

“There is nary menace to apprehension Gov. Newsom, but the connection was made conscionable similar anybody else. If helium crosses that enactment of impeding ICE enforcement efforts, if helium knowingly harbors and conceals an alien, that’s a crime,” Homan said connected NewsNation’s “Cuomo.”