“I was pushed and pulled, struggled to maintain my balance. I was forced to the ground. First on my knees and then flat on my chest. And as I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway repeatedly asking, why am I being detained? Not once did they tell me why. I pray you never have a moment like this. But I will tell you, in that moment, And a lot of questions came to my mind. First of all, where are they taking me? Because I know I'm not just being escorted out of the building. Am I being arrested here? And what will a city already on edge from being militarized think when they see their United States senator being handcuffed just for trying to ask a question? And what will my wife think? What will our boys think?” ~U.S. Senator Alex Padilla
Noem's Takedown Of Alex Padilla: Trump's Goons Assault Your Right To Representation In The Legislature
“What do you think the chilling effect is on every other one of your representatives? You vote. We spend all this money, we spend all this headspace deciding who we're going to vote for, who's going to be in Congress, who's going to be in the Senate, right? Who's going to represent us? Well, how are these people going to, how is anybody going to represe…
