Vance's comment about Padilla draw a sharp response from Newsom and other Democrats. " JD Vance served with Alex Padilla in the United States Senate," Newsom wrote on social media.

Padilla argued in an interview with MSNBC hosts Eugene Daniels and Jonathan Capehart that Noem’s “rhetoric compelled” him to approach her lectern at a press conference and interrupt.

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Mr. Padilla was not arrested, and he met with Ms. Noem after the news conference. Mr. Padilla is a Los Angeles native who is the son of Mexican immigrants and began his political career on the Los ...

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Padilla stood up, and for that he was targeted. This is how authoritarianism creeps in: Through fear, intimidation and the normalization of political retribution. We cannot let this slide.