Warren demands investigation after Senator Padilla was handcuffed when interrupting Secretary Noem’s press conference on Los Angeles civil unrest.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., joined the chorus of Democrats criticizing Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem after Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was stopped by Secret Service agents after interrupting a DHS press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.
“It’s time for Republican Senators to speak up. We need an independent investigation of this”, Warren said on MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes” on Thursday night.
“It is also time for Kristi Noem to resign. She needs to resign”, she added.
Padilla was briefly placed in handcuffs and kicked out of the room by the Secret Service after he entered the press conference and attempted to ask the secretary a question in the middle of her remarks. He identified himself by name as a senator, but he was not wearing a security pin during the incident, according to the FBI.
“Everything is on camera—Warren is trying to revise history on Senator Padilla’s embarrassing conduct, but Americans can see with their own eyes”, Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated.
