Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) criticized Democrats Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) for getting involved in incidents he labeled as “politics as theater.”
Golden commented on the recent incident in which Padilla attempted to interrupt a press conference that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem was giving. Padilla ended up being removed from the room and was seen being forced to the ground and handcuffed.
In a statement to Axios, Golden explained that “storming into the FBI headquarters and trying to break up a press conference and rushing” towards a cabinet member “is not really the job of an elected official.”
While Golden criticized Padilla, he admitted that it is “never good when a senator or member of
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