Senator Wiener’s Statement on DHS Manhandling of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla

"We are going to liberate the city from the burdensome leadership, mayor and governor." - Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem

SACRAMENTO – U.S. Senator Alex Padilla was roughed up and detained by federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at a press conference in Los Angeles held by Secretary Kristi Noem. 

Senator Wiener issued the following statement:

“This is where we’re at as a country: Federal thugs detaining and roughing up a United States Senator for trying to speak to a cabinet secretary and question administration policy. They’re doing this as they criminally prosecute a member of the House of Representatives, create a police state, and deploy the military on the streets of Los Angeles.

“Anyone who continues to doubt whether this is fascism is living in an alternate reality. We must mobilize and put a stop to this frontal assault on our democracy and our most basic liberties.”

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