{"id":691,"date":"2025-06-12T21:31:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T21:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/?p=691"},"modified":"2025-06-17T11:05:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:05:32","slug":"senate-democrats-call-for-noem-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/12\/senate-democrats-call-for-noem-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrats call for Noem to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multiple Senate Democrats on Thursday called for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed<\/a> and later handcuffed for interrupting a press conference Noem held in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

\u201cKristi Noem should resign in disgrace,\u201d Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) said Thursday afternoon in a post on the social platform X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Video of the incident showed multiple men restraining Padilla and forcing him out of the room, while other footage showed they later pushed him to the floor to handcuff him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m Sen. Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary,\u201d Padilla is heard saying as he is pushed by multiple people out of the room. <\/p>\n

Noem was holding a press conference about the widespread immigration raids<\/a> in the Los Angeles are, which have prompted protests<\/a> across the region.<\/p>\n

In response to video of the incident, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) told Noem that she \u201cshould resign.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re head of Homeland Security and you can\u2019t take a question from a sitting U.S. Senator at a press conference? This level of abuse of power is shameful, outrageous, and is not doing anything to keep our homeland safe,\u201d Cortez Masto added Thursday in a post<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n

In a post on X<\/a>, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said \u201cSenator Padilla chose disrespectful political theatre and interrupted a live press conference without identifying himself or having his Senate security pin on as he lunged toward Secretary Noem.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hill has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Multiple Senate Democrats on Thursday called for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed and later handcuffed for interrupting a press conference<\/p>\n

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