California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell leads calls for Homeland Security Secretary to step down after senator forcibly removed from her press conference on Thursday

California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell leads calls for Homeland Security Secretary to step down after senator forcibly removed from her press conference on Thursday

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is facing calls to resign after California Democratic Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from her press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday and pinned to the floor.

The incident sparked uproar, with California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell among those calling for Noem’s resignation.

“Kristi Noem should resign for what has happened under her watch,” Swalwell told NewsNation’s Joe Khalil.

  • frunch@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    What stuck out to me was how differently the Democrats and Republicans present for the moment had such different recollections and perspectives on what actually happened. Leavitt claimed Padilla “lunged” at Noem. According to the article, he didn’t even get half a question in before he was “bundled” by FBI and security. Really makes you wonder who’s telling the truth ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ more importantly than that it goes to show the truth doesn’t even matter. Assholes like that can lie blatantly and those that want to believe what she says will simply take her word…or perhaps worse, see the truth for themselves and deny it anyway.

    • Grimtuck@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      It’s all just sound bites to use on Fox News. There is no truth. I don’t see a way back for you either. It’s happening here in the UK too. Everyone just wants to stay in their little echo chamber.