When even CNN’s own political analysts are calling out a Democrat senator for manufacturing a publicity stunt, you know something has gone seriously wrong. That’s exactly what happened when Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) decided to crash a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and resist Secret Service agents. Instead of universal condemnation of how the Secret Service treated him, Padilla faced uncomfortable truths from his media allies.
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The spectacle unfolded when Padilla showed up uninvited to Noem’s press conference, apparently expecting to grandstand his way into the headlines. He not only disrupted her while she was speaking, but he also wasn’t wearing his security pin, and Secret Service agents, not knowing him from a hole in
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