Logos Stick said:

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KillerAg21 said:

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Who is my boy?

So let me get this straight, you think it's unfair that police shot an unarmed person rioting into the Capital? Hell I'm sure you think the whole thing was a scam and are super happy they got pardoned. Yet DHS should have tazed and shot the unarmed Senator? Man that's some ironclad logic.

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Your own expert says he was in the wrong. And its obvious to anyone who is not completely biased:

Omg. CNN brought on their legal expert in hopes that he would side with Sen. Padilla over DHS.

They were wrong.

“Officers are trying to lead him out, he turns and walks into those agents. At that point…we’re taking that person out against their will.”pic.twitter.com/0yD7jIIbbp

— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) June 12, 2025

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rgvag11 said:

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Professionals would never have let it get this far.

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ETFan said:

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GeorgiAg said:

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I agree... looked kinda staged. Especially with how quickly the rest of the dems came in to issue public statements about it.

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It's 2025.. news spreads instantly.

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KillerAg21 said:

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Yeah if you can find anywhere on here where I argued as to the right or wrong of the incident I would love to see it. All my points have been on the lie that DHS said they didn't know who he was. "Your side" can't seem to grasp that logic, but that's an entirely different conversation.

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rgvag11 said:

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AgGrad99 said:

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rgvag11 said:

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AgGrad99 said:

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She was in the middle of talking.

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Padilla didn't interrupt until the agents engaged.

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my man...watch the videos. She's in the middle of talking and you hear yelling in the background. She isnt listening to some stranger stand up and start talking or yelling....She's in the middle of doing her job.

You act like that at a public event, the same thing happens.

I dont know why you think it was ok for him to act like that, or why you'd expect any different response.

He knew exactly what would happen. He wanted it to. Surely you know this...

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You hear him identifying himself after agents are attempting to restrain him. Video proof is in this post https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3546109/replies/70391410

Gaslight all you want though.

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Tramp96 said:

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Logos Stick said:

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Urban Ag said:

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TheEternalOptimist said:

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Tell me again that we are going to be able to co-exist in perpetuity with these radical left wingers?

A sitting Senator thinks it's his place to disrupt and create a disturbance at a press conference and then proceeds to resist arrest as well.

Essentially ALL of California's state wide elected leaders are in open rebellion.

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Its not possible in the long term. Anyone that thinks so on either side is a delusional, hopelessly brain washed, dumbass. The current political climate in this nation is not remotely sustainable. Its like the world political map of 1975 compressed into one nation. No way this endures in its current form.

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Unfortunately you are correct.

America will ultimately tear itself apart. It is inevitable. Both sides know it where they can admit it or not.

Which is why I am more than willing to entertain the notion of a civil, peaceful, national divorce. It's so much better than a violent, drawn out struggle, which will come to the same conclusion anyway.

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Yes! We've got to start having a serious discussion about a split. We are as divided as we were during the Civil War; the guns are simply still in the holster at this point.

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. Honest question and not trying to be a smartass. What are the new borders? This is more urban vs rural rather than regions. At least it seems so to me. Texas could break away but it's still stuck with Austin in the middle.

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I have the same question, because unfortunately there is no clean split. It's like a cancer that has metastasized. I live in a pretty conservative area of a somewhat conservative county, but I still have liberals in my neighborhood, and our county seat (Denton) is a bastion of some serious far left dems in the heart of the town with red surrounding it.

Hell, even a place as conservative as Lubbock has middle left and far left throughout simply because of two universities being there.

Or take a place like conservative Georgetown, which thanks to all the liberals moving into Sun City and its close proximity to Austin, has its own blue problem to contend with now.

Or even a town like Victoria has blue entangled with red.

I just don't see how a national divorce happens. This ball of red and blue twin is way, way too entangled.

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rgvag11 said:

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AgGrad99 said:

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rgvag11 said:

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AgGrad99 said:

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She was in the middle of talking.

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Padilla didn't interrupt until the agents engaged.

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my man...watch the videos. She's in the middle of talking and you hear yelling in the background. She isnt listening to some stranger stand up and start talking or yelling....She's in the middle of doing her job.

You act like that at a public event, the same thing happens.

I dont know why you think it was ok for him to act like that, or why you'd expect any different response.

He knew exactly what would happen. He wanted it to. Surely you know this...

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You hear him identifying himself after agents are attempting to restrain him. Video proof is in this post https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3546109/replies/70391410

Gaslight all you want though.

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Who?mikejones! said:

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rgvag11 said:

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AgGrad99 said:

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rgvag11 said:

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AgGrad99 said:

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She was in the middle of talking.

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Padilla didn't interrupt until the agents engaged.

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my man...watch the videos. She's in the middle of talking and you hear yelling in the background. She isnt listening to some stranger stand up and start talking or yelling....She's in the middle of doing her job.

You act like that at a public event, the same thing happens.

I dont know why you think it was ok for him to act like that, or why you'd expect any different response.

He knew exactly what would happen. He wanted it to. Surely you know this...

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You hear him identifying himself after agents are attempting to restrain him. Video proof is in this post https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3546109/replies/70391410

Gaslight all you want though.

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Doesnt matter. Too late.

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one safe place said:

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Disrupts DHS secretary, is a democrat, doesn't care for deportations of illegals, surname Padilla. Lots of dots to connect.

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samurai_science said:

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GeorgiAg said:

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I agree... looked kinda staged. Especially with how quickly the rest of the dems came in to issue public statements about it.

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It's 2025.. news spreads instantly.

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He staged it

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Rockdoc said:

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samurai_science said:

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ETFan said:

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GeorgiAg said:

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I agree... looked kinda staged. Especially with how quickly the rest of the dems came in to issue public statements about it.

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It's 2025.. news spreads instantly.

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He staged it

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Absolutely. It was choreographed with the cameras after the fact and all the dem mouthpieces had their dialogue ready to roll out. Obvious to everyone. This is what you do when your numbers are tanking and you've lost the majority on issues.

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KillerAg21 said:

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Who is my boy?

So let me get this straight, you think it's unfair that police shot an unarmed person rioting into the Capital? Hell I'm sure you think the whole thing was a scam and are super happy they got pardoned. Yet DHS should have tazed and shot the unarmed Senator? Man that's some ironclad logic.

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rgvag11 said:

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deddog said:

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rgvag11 said:

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Senator 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.

Mr. Padilla was told repeatedly to back away and did not comply with officers’…

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) June 12, 2025

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without identifying himself

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"I am Senator Alex Padilla" https://t.co/96IcVGvweF pic.twitter.com/ErsTE93mEA

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 12, 2025

He identified himself.

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he lunged toward Secretary Noem

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Does anyone have a video showing this act?

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Hey guys.
He identified himself. That means he can be a ****ing jackass and rush a public figure.

That;s your ****ing logic?
I suggest you try this with any public figure in a charged situation and take video for our entertainment.
Win-win for all of us.

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Now he RUSHED a public figure?

We went from LUNGE to RUSHED?

What's your logic here? Is rushing worse than lunging?

Do you have a video showing rush or lunge? (I half expect you to gaslight on this point.)

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aginlakeway said:

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Middle East drama sends this to back burner. Not timed well by Democrats.

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Kenneth_2003 said:

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What I put together in another OP... Moving here to avoid duplication

Mostly AP article quotes

Short version...
Democrat Senator from California, Alex Padilla was removed and detained, in handcuffs, from a press event being held by DHS Secretary Noem....


AP Story....

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Democratic California U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcefully removed Thursday by security officers from a press conference being held on immigration by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Video shows a Secret Service special agent on Noem's detail grabbing Padilla by his jacket and shoving him from the room, as the senator struggles to catch his breath while identifying himself.
"I'm Sen. Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary," he shouted in a halting voice. He tries to push back into the room when a second security guard appears.
Once out of the room, he can be heard shouting, "Hands off!"

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DHS defended the actions of the agents.


Senator 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," the statement said. "Mr. Padilla was told repeatedly to back away and did not comply with officers' repeated commands."
The agency said in that statement that agents "thought he was an attacker and officers acted appropriately."

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What I bet you won't see widely reported...

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"Secretary Noem met with Senator Padilla after and held a 15 minute meeting," the agency said.

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I first saw it on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKz-YGjqB3Q/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==


My thoughts.... Maybe he didn't realize he didn't have his pin (I didn't know there was such a thing, but ok) but he's getting the clicks he probably wanted.

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Funky Winkerbean said:

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A party of Marxist children..

Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin says he is marching to Majority Leader Thune’s office to DEMAND answers about Senator Padilla

😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/HN7C8VFvHo

— TheBlaze (@theblaze) June 12, 2025

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BadMoonRisin said:

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he was acting like a spoiled child for a political stunt and got treated like a spoiled child. she was currently speaking, there was no Q&A. If there was a Q&A he probably could have sat with the journalists and asked a question after. What he did was really ****ing dumb.

my goodness.

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MemphisAg1 said:

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BadMoonRisin said:

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he was acting like a spoiled child for a political stunt and got treated like a spoiled child. she was currently speaking, there was no Q&A. If there was a Q&A he probably could have sat with the journalists and asked a question after. What he did was really ****ing dumb.

my goodness.

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This.

I don't know how anybody can defend his behavior, but then again, Dems defend all kind of things that don't make sense to a normal person.

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ts5641 said:

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Aww, too bad Israel v Iran will take him off the front page which was all he wanted.

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aginlakeway said:

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ts5641 said:

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Aww, too bad Israel v Iran will take him off the front page which was all he wanted.

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Yep. REALLY bad timing.

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