Was the Senator Padilla incident the beginning of true authoritarianism in America?

[spidermike007]

I was quite shocked to witness the takedown of Padilla as he attempted to ask a simple question of Kristi Noem. The level of intolerance that this administration has shown toward people who have the audacity to ask a simple question about policy has been rather alarming. 

 

Though the White House goons insist that he lunged toward her and that he walked into the room without anyone knowing who he was, in this interview he clearly states that he was escorted into the room by an FBI agent and a member or the National Guard, so it was clearly known who he was. The rest is just morally bankrupt distortion, deflection and lies. 

 

"Chaotic scenes in which Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was pressed to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents set the political world aflame Thursday. Padilla had come to a news conference being held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, raising his voice to ask questions. Agents, reportedly including at least one member of Noem’s official security detail, swarmed Padilla, moving him to a corridor before pressing him to the ground and placing the handcuffs on him. The sheer potency of the Padilla video is more powerful than anything else."

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5348010-senator-padilla-incident-political-tensions/

 

 

 

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[SunnyinBangrak]

Small beer compared to your man Biden literally trying to create a Ministry of Truth to censor facts about him. Were you upset about literal authoritarisnism when it was your own team doing it? No. So, why now?

[spidermike007]

38 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Small beer compared to your man Biden literally trying to create a Ministry of Truth to censor facts about him. Were you upset about literal authoritarisnism when it was your own team doing it? No. So, why now?

That is a really weak comparison. I'm sure with all the intellectual power that you have you can muster up something better than that. Come on, consider it a challenge. 

 

I think we can admit that all presidents lie and all administrations are corrupt, that's not really what we're talking about here, authoritarianism goes way beyond corruption. It's a completely different thing. 

 

A president attempting to censor facts about himself, and his poor health, is a very different thing than administration members attempting to distort actual things that have happened, and the facts behind the events.

 

Are you willing to at least admit that? 

 

One of the problems here is that Noem picked on the wrong guy. This guy is not your average working class Latino. Padilla is an MIT graduate in mechanical engineering, the youngest LA city council president in its history, a former California state senator who passed over 70 bills, a former California secretary of state, who was re-elected receiving the most votes of any Latino elected official in the US. This is a man who has accomplished a tremendous amount during his career. He is the leading lawmaker from California and he's a very distinguished, very smart, and very articulate gentleman. 

[JAG]

7 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

That is a really weak comparison. I'm sure with all the intellectual power that you have you can muster up something better than that. Come on, consider it a challenge. 

 

I think we can admit that all presidents lie and all administrations are corrupt, that's not really what we're talking about here, authoritarianism goes way beyond corruption. It's a completely different thing. 

 

A president attempting to censor facts about himself, and his poor health, is a very different thing than administration members attempting to distort actual things that have happened, and the facts behind the events.

 

Are you willing to at least admit that? 

 

One of the problems here is that Noem picked on the wrong guy. This guy is not your average working class Latino. Padilla is an MIT graduate in mechanical engineering, the youngest LA city council president in its history, a former California state senator who passed over 70 bills, a former California secretary of state, who was re-elected receiving the most votes of any Latino elected official in the US. This is a man who has accomplished a tremendous amount during his career. He is the leading lawmaker from California and he's a very distinguished, very smart, and very articulate gentleman. 

Yes but Kristi Noem has a really good dressing up box - she is not known as the "Cosplay Queen" for nothing!

[frank83628]

9 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

I was quite shocked to witness the takedown of Padilla as he attempted to ask a simple question of Kristi Noem. The level of intolerance that this administration has shown toward people who have the audacity to ask a simple question about policy has been rather alarming. 

 

Though the White House goons insist that he lunged toward her and that he walked into the room without anyone knowing who he was, in this interview he clearly states that he was escorted into the room by an FBI agent and a member or the National Guard, so it was clearly known who he was. The rest is just morally bankrupt distortion, deflection and lies. 

 

"Chaotic scenes in which Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was pressed to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents set the political world aflame Thursday. Padilla had come to a news conference being held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, raising his voice to ask questions. Agents, reportedly including at least one member of Noem’s official security detail, swarmed Padilla, moving him to a corridor before pressing him to the ground and placing the handcuffs on him. The sheer potency of the Padilla video is more powerful than anything else."

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5348010-senator-padilla-incident-political-tensions/

 

 

 

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So you are shocked at him being restrained, but not at his childish outburst, unbefitting  for an adult, especially a politician

[blaze master]

7 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

 

A president attempting to censor facts about himself, and his poor health

 

Both administrations are guilty of this. You can debate who does it more but does that really matter.

 

As you said they all lie. It would be wonderful to have a government that didnt. 

[Felton Jarvis]

All the cops involved in the assault on Senator Padilla should be fired and all benefits revoked. They should enjoy working at WalMart for the rest of their worthless lives.