Dems and media cohorts in propaganda overdrive to drum up outrage over Padilla stunt

Democrats and their media co-horts are doing their best to milk as much as they can out of the scene Sen. Padilla made during a press conference with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

As you probably are already aware, Padilla rudely barged into the room where Noem was speaking, approaching the podium while interrupting her.  Secret Service agents grabbed Padilla to escort him out while he resisted. Padilla was cuffed, but reportedly released three hours later, although you would think he’d been sent to the slammer for years with the reaction by Democrats and much of the media.

After two known assassination attempts on President Trump and growing political unrest throughout the country, especially by raging leftists, it’s more than reasonable to see why the situation with Padilla was handled with decisive force.

NEW HOAX DROPPED

“Senator Padilla identified himself before being dragged out by security.”

Full video shows he started heckling and interrupting Kristi Noem and only inroduced himself AFTER he was already being dragged out for disrupting.

If not for X you would probably never… pic.twitter.com/NvxAjvkK1f

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 13, 2025

But it doesn’t matter that the video of Padilla acting like a lunatic is all over the internet. Dems and the media have their photos of Padilla on the ground, and in cuffs, and that’s all they need to drum up outrage, a day before anti-Trump rallies are expected to take place across the nation.

Here are just a few of the media’s most ridiculous hot takes:

Guys… pic.twitter.com/KEKjJNjtcV

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 12, 2025

Move over, LA Times, a rag on the other coast wants in on the propaganda action.

The propaganda is off the charts pic.twitter.com/7qFRt53ChU

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 13, 2025

MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace called the manufactured stunt “one of the bleakest days of her career.”

NEW: MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace calls Dem Sen. Alex Padilla’s removal “ONE OF THE BLEAKEST DAYS” of her entire anchoring career — *seriously*

“I think it’s a chilling moment.” @DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/8D0H1Nj64a

— Jason Cohen (@JasonJournoDC) June 13, 2025

The media’s Democrat overlords have been equally busy ramping up the rhetoric. For instance:

Sen. Padilla thrown to the ground, manhandled, brutally taken down, handcuffed

It’s disgusting
Reeks of totalitarianism
Un-American
Not what democracies do

Sen. Padilla was in that building to ask questions of what’s going on in California, doing his duty to his constituents… https://t.co/3IW2o1SX6H

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) June 12, 2025

pic.twitter.com/YI83EzFB66

— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) June 12, 2025

We are marching to Senator Thune’s office. There must be accountability for the detainment of a Senator. This is not normal. pic.twitter.com/kupghLfqo1

— Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) June 12, 2025

No, it’s definitely “not normal” to rush a top White House official in the middle of a presser.

While Dems and the media garnered support from dutiful leftists, plenty of X users weren’t taking the bait. And that’s putting it mildly.

Yes, it shows that he barged in there aggressively and claimed he was a senator AFTER being stopped by SECURITY. They didn’t know who he was. He was wrong, AS ALWAYS. You Democrats are always on the wrong side because you hate America

— Kimberly Morin (@Conservativeind) June 12, 2025

A stunt, he did not wear his pen or Id

He wanted this for publicity

— masonbo (@masonbo) June 12, 2025

Are you insane? https://t.co/wmB3FkFgcg

— Lawrence Jones III (@LawrenceBJones3) June 13, 2025

Ha, ha, ha.

This was the Democratic party sending out a hispanic Senator for a photo op. To compare it to segregation makes light of what African Americans experienced.

— Bekind (@SallyHarri2471) June 13, 2025

This was all set up ready to go. Who flew him in a private jet from DC to LA for this stunt?

— NOYB (@bidennoesmiprez) June 13, 2025

As with every single deceptive Democrat, there is more to the story than they will let you know. He was treated like any other American had they done what he did. #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw pic.twitter.com/7NuF3iF9eN

— Red Pill Patriot (@R3dPillPatriot) June 12, 2025

JUST YESTERDAY, it was supposedly oh-so wrong to merely gently correct a false statement (I’m a woman!). TODAY, it should be okay to try & aggressively physically approach a cabinet member while giving a speech.

— GiGi (@ChristySimm23) June 12, 2025

True. We’ve got that story right here if you want to check it out.

Democrats have coronered the market on political theatre. This was yet another childish stunt by Democrats.

Any wonder why your approval rating just fell again to 21%?

Democrats are nothing but clowns.

— James (@James_9341) June 12, 2025

“Political theatre” so egregious there’s hardly any appetite for popcorn.

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