• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    “I am Sen. Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary,” Padilla said to Noem, which prompted several men to physically push him out of the room. It was unclear who the men were as several were dressed in plainclothes."

    Sounds like assault to me…

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    He was detained!! They handcuffed him!

    What is this forcibly removed nonsense. They handcuffed a senator who wanted to know what DHS is doing in HIS state!

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    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., denounced the incident on the Senate floor. “I just saw something that sickened my stomach. The manhandling of a United States Senator, we need immediate answers to what the hell went on,” he said.

    Good to know old Chucky is still around. Haven’t heard a peep from him in a while.

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      “Manhandling”?! That’s not man-handling, that’s assault. The Senator was assaulted. Chuck Schumer is such a spineless lick-spittle, even when it concerns the physical assault of those in his own Party.

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    In Poland the senators and congressmen have constitutional right to intervene in the administration. They can basically show up to any public office and say “I’m from the senate, what the fuck are you up to?”. They not always get access to the “backstage” but arresting them for it would be unimaginable. They also have immunity so detaining them would be illegal. How weak the US system is in comparison is mind boggling. Entire opposition could be put in jail tomorrow and nothing would be done about it.

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    Huh. The But Muh Freezed Peach “free speech absolutists” on the right are saying what on this? I bet they are saying sweet fuckall.