{"id":2447558,"date":"2025-06-15T14:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T18:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/padilla-aghast-that-noem-did-not-know-him-at-press-conference-where-he-was-detained-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T14:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T18:52:29","slug":"padilla-aghast-that-noem-did-not-know-him-at-press-conference-where-he-was-detained-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/padilla-aghast-that-noem-did-not-know-him-at-press-conference-where-he-was-detained-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Padilla aghast that Noem did \u2018not know\u2019 him at press conference where he was detained &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpadilla-aghast-that-noem-did-not-know-him-at-press-conference-where-he-was-detained-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2447558&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) voiced his astonishment after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed she did not know who he was during a press conference. Following his detainment at the event, Padilla questioned how the Secretary could be unaware of the California senator&#8217;s identity, especially given his role on the judiciary subcommittee on immigration. <\/p>\n<p>Padilla explained in a CNN interview that he was escorted into the briefing by a National Guard member and an FBI agent,only to be forcibly removed and handcuffed when he attempted to confront Noem about her comments. Video footage captured the moment he was stopped and physically restrained as he tried to ask questions.<\/p>\n<p>Noem defended the decision to remove Padilla, suggesting that her security mistook his actions for aggression, and that he had not identified himself adequately before the situation escalated. She expressed surprise that Padilla was not recognized despite him wearing identification and mentioned that she would have welcomed a proper meeting instead of what she deemed a disruptive act.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has drawn important scrutiny,with other Democrats,including Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA),defending Padilla and criticizing the Secretary&#8217;s statement about his identity. They argue that Padilla was exercising his oversight responsibilities as a senator. Padilla clarified that he was in attendance seeking data regarding the department of Homeland security&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-flees-podium-without-answering-questions-after-delivering-remarks-in-delaware-video\/\" title=\"Biden Flees Podium without Answering Questions After Delivering Remarks in Delaware (VIDEO)\">immigration policies<\/a>, and his removal has since sparked discussions on the appropriateness of the response he received.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Padilla aghast that Noem did &lsquo;not know&rsquo; him at press conference where he was detained<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2146873\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) expressed shock after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kristi-noem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Homeland Security <\/a>Secretary Kristi Noem said she wasn&rsquo;t aware of who the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">California<\/a> senator was following his detainment at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What does it say about the secretary to not know who the senator from California is, the ranking member of the judiciary subcommittee on immigration?&rdquo; Padilla said during a CNN interview on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3442316\/adam-schiff-alex-padilla-every-right-interrupt-noem\/\">Adam Schiff says Padilla had &#8216;every right&#8217; to interrupt DHS Secretary Noem<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3441781\/democrats-trump-bill-overwhelms-effort-to-sink\/\">Trump&#8217;s sprawling &#8216;beautiful bill&#8217; overwhelms Democratic effort to sink it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3442259\/fetterman-backs-trump-military-parade-celebrated-best-of-us\/\">Fetterman backs Trump&#8217;s military parade that celebrated the &#8216;very best of us&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Padilla claimed Sunday that he was escorted into the room where the press briefing was being held by a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/National-Guard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">National Guard<\/a> and an FBI agent.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They opened the door for me, and they stood next to me while I was listening for the entire time,&rdquo; he told CNN&rsquo;s Dana Bash. &ldquo;And then, of course, once I was forcibly removed and handcuffed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Video showed the California Democrat approaching Noem as she was speaking, with security already wrestling with the senator as he began, &ldquo;Madam Secretary, I want to know why you insist on exaggerating and embellishing&mdash;&rdquo; before being pushed back toward the exit. Padilla can be seen resisting these efforts.<\/p>\n<p>As security wrestled with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">senator<\/a>, who was still attempting to move in Noem&rsquo;s direction, Padilla told them to take their hands off of him, identifying himself and saying he was there to ask questions before being pushed through the doors and into the hallway outside, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grand-jury-indicts-white-police-officer-in-shooting-death-of-andre-hill-an-unarmed-black-man\/\" title=\"Grand Jury Indicts White Police Officer In Shooting Death Of Andre Hill, An Unarmed Black Man\">footage showed<\/a> him being brought to the ground and cuffed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) is pushed out of the room as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a news conference regarding the recent protests in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (David Crane\/The Orange County Register via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Noem has defended Padilla&rsquo;s removal amid increasing scrutiny on the matter, arguing that the Secret Service thought Padilla was an attacker. Noem claimed the California Democrat was seeking a viral moment, that &ldquo;nobody knew who he was,&rdquo; and that his &ldquo;lunges&rdquo; toward her and refusal to comply with officers holding him back had an unsettling effect on those in the room. &ldquo;Appropriate actions&rdquo; were taken as soon as the Department of Homeland Security learned his identity, she explained on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Story with Martha MacCallum<\/em>, adding that the two spoke after the news conference.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I had a conversation with the senator after this, we sat down for 10-15 minutes and talked about the fact that nobody knew who he was, he didn&rsquo;t say who he was until he was already had been lunging forward and people were trying to detain him for quite a period of time,&rdquo; Noem added. &ldquo;And if he had requested a meeting, I would have loved to have sat down and had a conversation with him, but coming into a press conference like this is political theater. It&rsquo;s wrong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have widely censured Noem for what they allege was an unjust detainment, with Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3442316\/adam-schiff-alex-padilla-every-right-interrupt-noem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">becoming the latest to rise to his colleague&rsquo;s defense<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He had every right to do so. That&rsquo;s part of his oversight responsibilities, and to be treated that way and to be responded to by saying, &lsquo;Oh, we didn&rsquo;t know who you are&rsquo; when it was literally written on his shirt or his jacket when he was proclaiming who he is, I don&rsquo;t buy it,&rdquo; Schiff said on NBC News&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>Meet the Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Padilla said he was in the building where the press conference was held when he decided to attend because he had been asking DHS for &ldquo;more information and more answers&rdquo; on its &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >increasingly extreme immigration enforcement actions<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3440677\/padilla-removed-democrats-demanding-investigations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PADILLA HANDCUFFING IGNITES FIRESTORM ON CAPITOL HILL AS DEMOCRATS DEMAND ACTION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was not arrested but was placed in handcuffs after his removal from the press conference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Senator Padilla is currently in Los Angeles exercising his duty to perform Congressional oversight of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-judge-grants-gop-lawmaker-standing-to-sue-biden-administration-over-unrwa-funding-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Texas judge grants GOP lawmaker standing to sue Biden administration over UNRWA funding - Washington Examiner\">federal government&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s operations in Los Angeles and across California,&rdquo; a statement from the senator&rsquo;s office read. &ldquo;He was in the federal building to receive a briefing with General Guillot and was listening to Secretary Noem&rsquo;s press conference. He tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2146873\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2146873\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Padilla shocked Noem didn&#8217;t recognize him at press conference<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2447559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/alex-padilla.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5485,8794,22861,32818,32076],"class_list":["post-2447558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-detention","tag-noem","tag-padilla","tag-press-conference","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/alex-padilla.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447558"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2447562,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447558\/revisions\/2447562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2447559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}