Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, mentioned in a brand new podcast interview that she “broke down in tears” seeing California Sen. Alex Padilla’s forcible removing from a Division of Homeland Safety press convention in June.
The Democratic firebrand was a visitor on comic Hasan Minhaj’s podcast posted Wednesday, the place she reacted to the viral incident.
“I had no warning whatsoever. And so I see they’re playing a loop of what happened to Senator Padilla. And I literally just broke down in tears and started crying,” Crockett mentioned as she recounted seeing the video taking part in on tv on the time.
“It’s hard for me to imagine, even just looking at Sen. Padilla. This is the first Latino senator that the state of California has ever had,” she continued.
“He’s the senior senator in the state… and then there’s no respect. Not a modicum of respect for him, nor his position nor his humanity.”
She clarified that she didn’t assume anybody ought to have “ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] take you down to the ground” as a result of “you have the audacity” to train free speech.
“It tells you how sinister this administration is,” Crockett continued.
Throughout a DHS press convention with Kristi Noem in Los Angeles on June 12, Padilla entered the room and interrupted the Homeland Safety Secretary as she was giving ready remarks.
Movies of the incident confirmed that he didn’t instantly determine himself, and was rapidly swarmed by Secret Service and FBI brokers, who bellowed “hands up.”
“I’m Sen. Alex Padilla,” he mentioned amid the scuffle.
“I have questions for the secretary.”
He was taken from the room and dropped at the ground the place he was briefly handcuffed whereas the press convention continued.
Although Noem met with the senator afterward, video of officers bringing Padilla to the bottom rapidly unfold and triggered a media firestorm.
Republicans accused the senator of constructing a “spectacle” of himself, whereas over 200 Democrats from each chambers condemned the “unprecedented incident.”
The tense scenario occurred as riots raged in Los Angeles in response to ICE raids.
The violent protests and unrest triggered President Donald Trump to mobilize the Nationwide Guard in response and for curfews to be enacted within the metropolis.
Fox Information’ Alex Miller contributed to this report.
