{"id":2448263,"date":"2025-06-17T08:50:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T12:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-make-political-stunt-padilla-a-martyr-while-ignoring-victims\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T08:52:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T12:52:43","slug":"dems-make-political-stunt-padilla-a-martyr-while-ignoring-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-make-political-stunt-padilla-a-martyr-while-ignoring-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Make &#8216;Political Stunt&#8217; Padilla A Martyr While Ignoring Victims"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdems-make-political-stunt-padilla-a-martyr-while-ignoring-victims%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=2448263&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>During a recent Capitol Hill hearing on teh effects of sanctuary state policies,Democrats attempted to turn the incident involving Senator Alex Padilla,D-Calif.,into a political narrative about victimization. Padilla was forcibly removed from a Department of Homeland Security press conference, where he interrupted Secretary Kristi Noem, expressing his opposition to immigration enforcement. This disruptive behavior was captured on video, showcasing Padilla lunging toward Noem and being restrained by security personnel. Following this, he alleged that his First Amendment rights were violated, sparking a media frenzy. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats,including New York Governor Kathy Hochul,rallied around Padilla,expressing outrage over his treatment,while ignoring the real consequences of the violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants in sanctuary states. The hearing coincided with testimony from several governors of sanctuary states, during which Republicans highlighted the dangers posed by sanctuary policies. Critics, including families of victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants, accused Democrats of using Padilla&#8217;s incident for political gain.<\/p>\n<p>The article underscores the complicated debate around immigration policies, law enforcement, and the real-life implications of sanctuary laws, with painful stories of victims like katie Abraham, whose life was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-gets-78-year-sentence-for-the-killing-of-her-children\/\" title=\"Mother sentenced to 78 years for killing her children.\">tragically cut short due<\/a> to a crime by an illegal immigrant. Ultimately, the hearing showcased contrasting views on accountability and the perceived protection of civil rights.  <\/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<div>\n<p>After hearing hours of heartbreaking stories of families victimized by criminally violent illegal immigrants, Democrats at Thursday&rsquo;s Capitol Hill hearing on the devastating policies of sanctuary states tried to manufacture a martyr out of grandstanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/06\/13\/democrats-padilla-video-immigration-messaging-00405108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sen. Alex Padilla<\/a>, D-Calif., in their war on the rule of law.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Padilla had been <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/14\/opinion\/democrats-convince-no-one-by-flagging-each-and-every-slight-as-the-end-of-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;forcibly&rdquo; removed<\/a> from a Department of Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles in which Secretary Kristi Noem was addressing the anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement riots. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rFKL1dgu3cI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Video shows<\/a> an uninvited and unannounced Padilla disrupting the event, yelling about his opposition to President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-pushes-backlog-amnesty-for-over-1-million-illegals-facing-deportation\/\" title=\"Ma...as Pushes &#039;Backlog Amnesty&#039; for over 1 Million Illegals Facing Deportation\">immigration enforcement efforts<\/a>, and at one point lunging at Noem. Not recognizing the senator, U.S. Secret Service agents removed the leftist senator from the conference room and started to handcuff him before he identified himself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Padilla&rsquo;s handlers immediately pushed the video out and he held a hasty press conference outside the federal building where the DHS presser was taking place. In short order, the grandstanding senator was appearing on accomplice media outlets everywhere declaring that his First Amendment rights had been violated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That assertion is as absurd as Padilla&rsquo;s made-for-TV disorderly conduct was staged.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And dangerous.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Senator Padilla chose disrespectful political theatre and interrupted a live press conference without identifying himself or having his Senate security pin on as he lunged toward Secretary Noem. <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Padilla was told repeatedly to back away and did not comply with officers&rsquo;&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5TGxrRZ2Ex\">https:\/\/t.co\/5TGxrRZ2Ex<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov\/status\/1933236707060822447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In an era of terrifying political violence in which <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/07\/survey-55-of-self-identified-leftists-say-killing-trump-is-justifiable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">55 percent of liberal-leaning Americans<\/a> believe its justifiable to assassinate Trump and administration officials, Padilla created a disturbance in his attempt to steal the spotlight at Noem&rsquo;s press conference. But Democrats painted Padilla as another &ldquo;victim&rdquo; &mdash; this time a U.S. senator &mdash; of the president they have falsely vilified as a dictator for enforcing the law.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Shocks the Conscience&rsquo;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>Democrats on the <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Oversight and Government Reform Committee<\/a> are wringing every bit of propaganda they can out of the Padilla incident, which curiously went down during Thursday&rsquo;s hot-seat event in D.C., titled, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/hearing\/a-hearing-with-sanctuary-state-governors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors.&rdquo;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, one of three &ldquo;sanctuary&rdquo; governors called to testify, expressed her &ldquo;absolute outrage&rdquo; over Padilla&rsquo;s removal from the DHS press conference he disrupted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Regardless of what anyone does, to have someone like that treated like a common criminal, as if he was a threat &hellip; shocks the conscience,&rdquo; Hochul told the Republican-led committee. &ldquo;And as a former member of this body, I hope we&rsquo;ll all stand up and condemn this and say, &lsquo;We can do better.&rsquo;&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hochul didn&rsquo;t seem as shocked by the horrific crimes committed by immigrants in New York or fellow blue states Illinois and Minnesota, represented at the hearing by their Democrat governors, J.B. Pritzker and Tim Walz.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The unpopular Hochul, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/5309566-new-york-governor-race-hochul-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">underwater in the polls<\/a> as she prepares her 2026 reelection run, had a difficult time remembering New York-supported illegal immigrants like Sebastian Zapeta-Calil. He&rsquo;s been <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/07\/us-news\/sebastian-zapeta-calil-migrant-accused-of-torching-woman-to-death-in-nyc-subway-pleads-not-guilty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">charged with burning alive a woman<\/a> he found sleeping on a New York subway.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is in Kathy Hochul&rsquo;s New York, and as I&rsquo;m sure you are aware, and I&rsquo;ll remind you, that ICE issued an order to detain this violent criminal, but that was rejected by New York officials due to sanctuary state laws,&rdquo; committee member Elise Stefanik, a New York Republican, told the governor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In January, Hochul <a href=\"https:\/\/govt.westlaw.com\/nycrr\/Document\/Id4d851e4dfe911e7aa6b9b71698a280b?viewType=FullText&amp;originationContext=documenttoc&amp;transitionType=CategoryPageItem&amp;contextData=(sc.Default)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reauthorized an executive order<\/a> barring New York law enforcement officers from using &ldquo;resources, equipment or personnel for the purpose of detecting and apprehending any individual suspected or wanted only for violating a civil immigration offense. Law enforcement officers have no authority to take any police action solely because the person is an undocumented alien. This includes identifying, questioning, detaining, or demanding to inspect federal immigration documents.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Maybe They Set This Up&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>You&rsquo;ll excuse <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/06\/try-telling-this-dad-whose-daughter-was-killed-by-an-illegal-that-open-borders-are-compassionate\/\">Joe Abraham<\/a> for thinking Padilla&rsquo;s viral moment nothing more than a political stunt. Abraham&rsquo;s 20-year-old daughter, Katie Abraham, and her friend, 21-year-old Chloe Polzin, died from injuries sustained in a car crash near the campus of the University of Illinois in Urbana in January. Katie&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/09\/theres-no-sanctuary-for-family-of-woman-allegedly-killed-by-illegal-alien\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killer<\/a>, according to police, is Julio Cucul-Bol, a 29-year-old Guatemalan national. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-gazette.com\/newsletter\/content\/daily_headlines\/marshals-suspect-in-urbana-fatal-crash-had-been-deported\/article_30576db0-d921-11ef-97a3-bf18d1c90c85.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously-deported <\/a>illegal immigrant, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcia.com\/top-stories\/new-details-revealed-in-urbana-hit-and-run-crash-suspect-denied-pretrial-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allegedly drunk<\/a> when he slammed his SUV into the driver&rsquo;s side of the vehicle Katie&rsquo;s friend was driving as it was stopped at a red light.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cucul-Bol, who law enforcement officials said immediately fled the scene and was later apprehended heading toward the Mexican border, is now facing <a href=\"https:\/\/foxillinois.com\/newsletter-daily\/man-charged-in-urbana-hit-and-run-appears-in-champaign-county-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multiple felony charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Abraham said the Democrats on the committee made sure to show the video of Padilla being removed from the Los Angeles press event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The first thing I thought was, &lsquo;Wow, look at this! &hellip; I think maybe they set this up so they could derail the committee,&rsquo;&rdquo; the grieving father told me Friday on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/477-the-dan-odonnell-show-27550539\/episode\/matt-kittle-fills-in-for-dan-280917748\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Dan O&rsquo;Donnell Show<\/em><\/a>  on WISN in Milwaukee.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Abraham attended Thursday&rsquo;s hearing with his wife. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., shared the details of Katie&rsquo;s senseless death and Illinois sanctuary policies surrounding it.<\/p>\n<p>Abraham said it was clear the governors and the Democrats on the committee didn&rsquo;t want to talk about Katie and the other victims of the illegal immigration invasion and sanctuary policies of the previous four years. They did want a political victim. The best they could do was Political Stunt Padilla.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;She was Completely Disappeared&rsquo;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>While Hochul and others decried Padilla&rsquo;s handcuffing, Comer said the sanctuary governors &ldquo;handcuff law enforcement from doing their jobs, harbor predators, and call it &lsquo;compassion.&rsquo;&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s NOT compassion, and it is costing lives, hurting Americans, and draining taxpayer money,&rdquo; the chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/hearing-wrap-up-sanctuary-state-governors-endanger-american-lives-by-defying-federal-immigration-enforcement-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a press release following the hearing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even as he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c8r585ndey4o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">faces lawsuits <\/a>on allegations of obstructing ICE operations, Pritzker insisted the state of Illinois is following the law.<\/p>\n<p>As Democrats demand due process for criminals in the country illegally, Joe Abraham said his daughter didn&rsquo;t receive that luxury. While Walz vilifies ICE agents as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/video\/1657026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;modern-day Gestapo&rdquo;<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fellow liberal politicians accuse federal immigration agents<\/a> of &ldquo;snatching&rdquo; or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/san-francisco\/2025\/06\/16\/california-masked-raids-new-bill-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;disappearing&rdquo;<\/a> illegal aliens, Abraham said he&rsquo;s been sentenced to live the rest of his life without his youngest child.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Katie didn&rsquo;t get any due process. She was completely disappeared. She was completely snatched away from me,&rdquo; he said in the radio interview. &ldquo;All those words they keep saying. The difference is, I&rsquo;ll never get her back again. I&rsquo;ve lost her.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats attempted to portray Sen. 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