{"id":2447658,"date":"2025-06-16T05:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/padilla-fears-for-people-who-ask-questions-when-cameras-are-not-there-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T05:36:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:36:30","slug":"padilla-fears-for-people-who-ask-questions-when-cameras-are-not-there-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/padilla-fears-for-people-who-ask-questions-when-cameras-are-not-there-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Padilla fears for people who ask questions \u2018when cameras are not there\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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-fears-for-people-who-ask-questions-when-cameras-are-not-there-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=2447658&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>In a recent interview on CBS News&#8217;s &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; Senator Alex padilla (D-CA) expressed concern for individuals who face repercussions for questioning the Trump governance, especially when there are no cameras present.His comments came after he was forcibly removed from a press conference following an altercation with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. Padilla highlighted the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >potential dangers faced<\/a> by ordinary citizens who challenge authority, suggesting that the administration&#8217;s behavior towards him could indicate a broader pattern of disrespectful treatment towards the public. He also touched on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-deletes-president-trumps-tweets-threatens-permanent-suspension\/\" title=\"Twitter deletes ...\u2019s tweets, threatens permanent suspension\">security concerns<\/a> for legislators considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-chairman-warns-democrats-not-denouncing-political-violence-are-causing-it-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"GOP Chairman warns Democrats not denouncing political violence are \u2018causing\u2019 it - Washington Examiner\">recent political violence<\/a>, stating his confidence in the protective measures in place while attributing the rising tensions in the contry to the divisive rhetoric of President Trump.  <\/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 fears for people who ask questions &lsquo;when cameras are not there&rsquo;&nbsp;<\/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_2147758\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3441422\/no-one-is-above-the-law-except-alex-padilla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Alex Padilla<\/a> (D-CA) worries about what will happen to people who question the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a>, who aren&rsquo;t senators, and when the cameras are off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His comments came just days after he was forcibly removed from a room for shouting and disrupting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kristi-noem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kristi Noem<\/a>&lsquo;s press conference. Padilla raised his concerns during an interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS News&rsquo;s <em>Face the Nation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3441581\/afd-persists-despite-german-attempts-quash-popularity\/\">AfD persists through German officials&#8217; attempts to quash rising popularity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3442533\/canada-carney-hosting-trump-g7\/\">Trump in Canada: Carney on &#8216;high-wire act&#8217;  to avoid G7 summit ending as a G6<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3442588\/walz-says-after-arrest-of-assassination-suspect\/\">Walz says &lsquo;not about mean tweets&rsquo; in remarks after arrest of assassination suspect<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;If that&rsquo;s how this administration responds to the senator with a question, don&rsquo;t just imagine what they&rsquo;re capable of, but what they are doing when the cameras are not there, to people without a title like United States senator, that cruel, disrespectful treatment of so many people who deserve much better,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alex-padilla-removed-kristi-noem-warning-no-cameras-face-the-nation\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Padilla.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the interview, Padilla was asked about security for legislators in Congress, given the recent political assassination of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman. He mentioned there were valid concerns, but he was confident the necessary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-cuccinelli-fence-being-built-around-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"Ken Cuccinelli: Fence being built around U.S. Capitol\">security measures<\/a> were being taken by law enforcement officials in Washington, D.C., to protect members of Congress. Padilla then pivoted the conversation back to his incident at the press conference, rhetorically asking Brennan why tensions were so high in the country. He then blamed President Donald Trump.&nbsp;<\/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>&ldquo;I also think it&rsquo;s more than appropriate to step back and ask, &lsquo;Why are tensions so high? Not just in Los Angeles but throughout the country,&#8217;&rdquo; Padilla <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alex-padilla-removed-kristi-noem-warning-no-cameras-face-the-nation\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;And I can&rsquo;t help but point to the beginning of, not just the first Trump term, but the beginning of the campaign. The tone with which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-sets-up-maga-again-pac-to-support-gop-candidates\/\" title=\"... sets up \u2018MAGA Again\u2019 PAC to support GOP candidates\">president launched<\/a> his first campaign&hellip;served throughout his first term and continues in this term.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For a Cabinet secretary, during a press conference, to not be able or be willing to deescalate a situation when I was trying to ask a question, that&rsquo;s just indicative of the tone of this administration,&rdquo; the senator added.&nbsp;<\/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_2147758\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2147758\"}});<\/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 worries for those questioning the Trump administration off-camera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2447659,"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\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-at-5.08.01%E2%80%AFAM-1024x678.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[11081,4567,22861,4245,32076],"class_list":["post-2447658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cameras","tag-fears","tag-padilla","tag-questions","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-at-5.08.01%E2%80%AFAM-1024x678.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447658","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447658"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2447662,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447658\/revisions\/2447662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2447659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}