Senator Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, was forcibly removed from an event with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, forced to the floor and handcuffed.
Senator Cory Booker, Democrat of New Jersey, last week. He said on the Senate floor on Thursday that Senator Alex Padilla’s treatment was “a crossroads for this body.”
Republicans targeting safety net programs once invoked women they claimed were living lavishly on government funds. Now as they seek to pare back Medicaid, the imagery has changed — but not the argument.
The top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee said Vice President JD Vance had set a precedent for derailing U.S. attorney candidates during his time in the Senate.
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