# Senator Alex Padilla Removed From Kristi Noem Press Conference and Handcuffed **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 12, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546 "2025-06-12T21:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/41 "2025-06-13T01:26:14Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Anyone who watches cable news or the nightly news - I’m curious how or if they covered it. I did something gross and entered “fox news - padilla” in google, and at the top of the first page were four stories, the top left one showing the quote snippet “Spectacle of himself”, and I’m like - riiiiiiight, got it. All I needed to look at. And that was that. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/42 "2025-06-13T01:40:17Z")
I’ve been assured that the good Republicans, courts and/or other institutions will stop things like this from happening so we’re good. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/43 "2025-06-13T01:41:13Z")
Over on Fox News, this story has a banner of “LEFTIST MELTDOWN”. For real. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/44 "2025-06-13T01:45:05Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I’ve been assured that the good Republicans… Have left the field and are working the CNN/MSNBC/DNC circuit and working on a book entitled, “If Only We Were In Charge…” as if they hadn’t spent the last several decades contributing to the erosions of democratic norms in the name of party. (Yes, I do mean Liz Cheney regardless of how much she galpal’d Kamala Harris in an effort to distinguish herself for a post-MAGA world.) > [@madmonk28](#): > > …courts and/or other institutions will stop things like this from happening so we’re good. It’s always Somebody Else’s Problem to deal with annoying things like maintaining democracy and assuring free and fair elections, i’n’it? Stranger Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/45 "2025-06-13T02:32:11Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Were his actions within the scope of his oath as a senator, even if he wasn’t on the senate floor? Almost certainly not. To my knowledge, that’s always been interpreted as immunity only while literally in an open Congressional committee hearing or session. Not that it matters if they’re having a great talk afterward. Better than smoking a cigarette. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/46 "2025-06-13T03:00:36Z")
The Star Wars quote I’m thinking of is “Power doesn’t panic.” El Cheeto and his junta are desperately trying to show dominance now, because they can feel the sand underneath them collapsing, along with the economy and their popularity. We can’t let up. ---
**Author:** ![TGC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f9ae1b/32.png) [@TGC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGC)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/47 "2025-06-13T07:25:07Z")
Sadly this is exactly what many people voted for. Padilla’s statement to the press afterwards, where he was fighting off tears, was heartbreaking. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/48 "2025-06-13T09:32:07Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > It’s always Somebody Else’s Problem to deal with annoying things like maintaining democracy and assuring free and fair elections, i’n’it? It’s why America collapsed. ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/49 "2025-06-13T16:14:53Z")
Well when you see the “centrist” Democrats supporting Noem that tells the story doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/50 "2025-06-13T16:44:27Z")
Which “centrist” Democrats? This seems to have come out of nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/51 "2025-06-13T16:48:39Z")
> **[Dem Tears Into His Own Party After Noem Security Stunt](https://www.thedailybeast.com/dem-tears-into-his-own-party-after-alex-padilla-and-kristi-noem-incident-politics-as-theater/)** > > Rep. Jared Golden weighed in on the intense moment between Sen. Alex Padilla and HSS Kristi Noem Thursday. I’m sure that fetterman and others will also condemn Padilla as well. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/52 "2025-06-13T17:34:25Z")
> [@Zoobi](#): > > I’m sure that fetterman and others will also condemn Padilla as well. Fetterman is _not_ a ‘moderate’. He’s not even a ‘Blue Dog’ Democrat. He’s out MAGA in a human skinsuit. I don’t know Jared Golden but Maine has kind of a tradition of producing contrarians in both parties, and of course Angus King. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/53 "2025-06-13T17:46:46Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Which “centrist” Democrats? This seems to have come out of nowhere. These days, you have to withhold judgment before making statements like this, because there are a lot of trash Democrats who are indistinct from right-wing plants. (The Dems aren’t alone in this btw, obviously the Greens are totally compromised and a lot of the progressives and leftists are very smelly as well). I’ve never held a lot of brief for the “both parties are the same” crowd, but a huge contingent of Dems appears to be capitulating or outright collaborating at this point. We should’ve known that a party that couldn’t get rid of Tulsi Gabbard had a soft, chewy center that would easily become gobbled up by Republicans when push comes to shove. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/54 "2025-06-13T18:55:20Z")
I just watched a video by Thai Rivera on this subject ( rather not post it as its not helpful) and he showed the video which seems to show Noem speaking and Padilla interrupting in the middle of it. He shouldn’t have been treated like he was but is that okay to interrupt instead of waiting for questions? He was treated with overkill but it was the first time I saw the video at all. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/55 "2025-06-13T19:05:53Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > He shouldn’t have been treated like he was but is that okay to interrupt instead of waiting for questions? Yes, it is OK. Glad to get that cleared up. Now let’s get back to discussing the INSANE RESPONSE to someone asking questions at a press conference. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/56 "2025-06-13T19:13:23Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > > > He shouldn’t have been treated like he was but is that okay to interrupt instead of waiting for questions? > > Yes, it is OK. Glad to get that cleared up. Now let’s get back to discussing the INSANE RESPONSE to someone asking questions at a press conference. - Get used to it. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/57 "2025-06-13T19:15:57Z")
Orwell, 1984: “Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/58 "2025-06-13T19:37:50Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > Now let’s get back to discussing the INSANE RESPONSE to someone asking questions at a press conference. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8pdpUIr662k/hqdefault.jpg "MASH Press Conference") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pdpUIr662k) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/59 "2025-06-13T20:54:52Z")
I understand. The time for decorum has passed. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546/60 "2025-06-13T21:08:39Z")
No - decorum is still a good thing, but the time for assuming good intentions of the enemy has very much passed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546.md?page=4)