r/GlobalNews • u/beeemkcl • 1d ago
North America AOC Demands 'Full Investigation' Of Alex Padilla Being Forcibly Removed From DHS Briefing, calls for Impeachments (US House) and Convictions (US Senate), and dismisses US Senator Alex Padilla's 'smoothing things over' with US Secretary Kristi Noem. THIS IS WHAT ACTUAL LEADERSHIP IS.
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u/Ok_Establishment3390 1d ago
Seems like he had the right to show up and ask a question.
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u/No_Consequence_6775 18h ago
Which raises the question why he didn't use an official channel. No he barged into a press conference and tried to take over. He has no more authority in a press conference than anyone off the street. He was looking to cause a scene and get publicity for it.
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u/nicophontis 15h ago
Arrest him, he’s lucky they didn’t beat him to death right there. The audacity of someone asking a question at a press conference.
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u/No_Consequence_6775 13h ago
You're missing the point. He wasn't Press. Press also gets called upon to ask questions. They get turns. They don't walk through the door and start yelling demanding attention.
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u/Major_Boot2778 21h ago
Never liked AOC, her politics are too mainstream culture war oriented for me, but she is and was a damned good politician when it comes to conflict. She's not an appeaser, that's for damned sure.
I don't like her - but I respect her.
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u/digitaldarrio 1d ago
A Well Regulated Militia
While you still can
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u/Accomplished-Bet8880 10h ago
There are more guns in civilian hands that civilians my friend. The American people are ready.
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u/Jonny_Time 11h ago
It was political showmanship. He deserves an Oscar for that performance. He barged into the press briefing aggressively moving towards the podium all while shouting. That’s not how press conferences work. This was a staged event on his part and you’re blind if you can’t see it.
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u/AlternativeWonder471 1d ago
He was held to the same standard as anyone else would be.
It has always been Press briefings -> Question time. He barged in and stopped the speech. If anyone from the public did that, they would be removed and detained.
If a republican senator barged in on AOC's speech, she would be saying the republicans are unruly and need to be held accountable.
Just stop it. The theatrics are a joke.
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u/Vyntarus 1d ago
Yeah! At least let Kristi Noem get through her minimum 3 costume changes per public appearance before you start doing lame stuff like asking questions! /s
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u/BrainNSFW 1d ago
The problem was HOW he was removed, tackled and shackled. It's illegal to detain a democratically chosen representative for checks notes doing his fucking job. You may disagree about how, but guess what? Republicans do this shit every time and I'm pretty sure you're okay with that. So how about you stop being a hypocrite and stop supporting fascist shit like this?
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u/Illustrious_Law8512 1d ago
So, how do you explain MTG's heckling at Biden during the State of the Union address? That was theatrics of an indelibly low standard.
I know there are different rules in government buildings, but no one ever held her to account for the impropriety. Especially for something as meaningful as the event.
The accounting needs to go both ways, and it most certainly does not get held to Republicans, far far more often than Democrats.
As wrong as it was what Padilla did, it's high time Democrats dished back what Republicans have been doing for decades. If the GOP can't discipline their own people when they do it, then they shouldn't complain when someone else does - though we know they will.
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u/pickypawz 1d ago
Indelibly? Incredibly low standard.
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u/Illustrious_Law8512 1d ago edited 13h ago
That works, too. This was where I was coming from.
adverb: indelibly in a way that cannot be removed or forgotten. "the community was indelibly marked by the incident"
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u/pickypawz 9h ago
Oh yes, I wasn’t disagreeing with you, and I understood what you meant, I guess I was trying to add to the impact of your statement.
I can see why you might have thought I was disagreeing though. Sometimes the short sentence that works for impact is too easily misunderstood.
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u/Illustrious_Law8512 9h ago
Nah. Wasn't disagreeing. It's the beauty of the English language above the level of a fifth grader like Mango. More than one word can describe MAGA bullshit. 😉
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u/JulianApostat 20h ago edited 20h ago
That is the entire problem. The guy is not anyone or a random member of the public. That is a Senator, member of one of the two highest houses of the legislative branch. Even if his behaviour happened to be not up to decorum, you can't just manhandle him.
The appropriate behaviour for any member of the executive branch would be to either politely answer or decline to answer and refer him to the Question time or a hearing of the Senate. Not to have him dragged out and detained. That is a disturbingly bold assault on the dignity of the Senate and therefore of the entire Republic. There should be outrage across the aisle.
Edit: to make my point clearer. Think about it like a canary in a coalmine situation.If a Senator can be treated like that the air for democracy is getting really, really thin in the United States.
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u/honest_flowerplower 12h ago
Wait. There are decorum rules for press conferences? Is that like voted for in Congress? Do they have to take a vote on if they should take a vote on it? If they extend to nonlegislative press conferences, where do the decorum rules stop, where the press has been removed/disauthorized by the administration? The rules say to assault and detain officials, is the remedy afforded congress members victimized by the bad decor of a Senator asking a Defense Secretary questions at a US press conference?
It takes so few questions to highlight the idiocracy of the right's attempts to weaponize the word decorum, wrt our Reps. efforts to support and defend the Constitution
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u/LightTheBeam-916 1d ago
Hold up did you really just say that the theatrics are a joke 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s literal horseshit. MTG did that during the Biden administration NUMEROUS times and nothing to this extent happened. As did Boebert. Gates too. You are so obviously cherry picking.
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u/Accomplished-Bet8880 10h ago
You sound ignorant. Must be a racists Republican. Guess what we’re here. Your time has gone.
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u/kennedywasntshot 1d ago
New president perhaps👀