U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla responds
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Republicans continued to chastise Padilla, using words like "launch," "lunge" and "bum rush" to describe Padilla's behavior as he began to try to pose a question to Noem.
Now the senior U.S. senator from California, Alex Padilla’s career in public service started amid intense fervor over immigration in the early 1990s. Now, it comes full circle.
Bay Area Republican strategist Matt Shupe described Padilla’s attempt to abruptly question Noem “pure political theatrics.”
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