Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) of engaging in “political theater” following his outburst during a Thursday press conference, suggesting he should have spoken to her privately.
“This man burst into the room and started lunging toward the podium, interrupting me and elevating his voice, and was stopped,” Noem explained on Fox News’s The Story with Martha MacCallum.
She added that the senator did not immediately identify himself, and that “appropriate actions” were taken as soon as he made it known. The two spoke at length after the news conference.
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“I had a conversation with the senator after this, we sat down for 10-15 minutes and talked about the fact that nobody knew who he was, he didn’t say who he
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