Senator Alex Padilla of California, whom no one had even heard of 48 hours ago, consumed much of the news cycle yesterday, after he was tackled by security during a Kristi Noem presser for barging in unannounced and seeming to lunge at the DHS Secretary.
His behavior was so inappropriate that even CNN’s security analyst defended the agents who took him down.
In the hours that followed, every Democrat in the country came out of the woodwork to defend Padilla, claiming that this was outrageous and unprecedented. For them, it was proof of Trump’s authoritarianism.
Now, witness the birth of a liberal talking point. Alex Padilla is actually a very ‘MILD MANNERED’ person, according to California Governor Gavin Newsom, a California House Dem, various CNN talking heads, and Dem Senator Chris Coons of Delaware.
Watch them all use the exact same words in this amazing clip from the Western Lensman:
Were you aware that Senator Alex Padilla is very mild-mannered? pic.twitter.com/aLTBJs6WyA
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 13, 2025
And what is Senator Padilla doing now? He’s fundraising off of this, of course:
And…… there it is!
Sen. Padilla campaign fundraising less than 24 hours later. https://t.co/K1Vj9nq7fi pic.twitter.com/B4BrysBlVb
— Mark Bednar (@MarkBednar) June 13, 2025
Right on schedule, Democrat Sen. Alex Padilla turned his stunt where he tried to get past security into a campaign fundraising opportunity. https://t.co/Qhu3ARippk pic.twitter.com/s1armDxrlG
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) June 13, 2025
As I predicted yesterday, the Democrats are fundraising off of the agitprop tantrum by Alex Padilla. The Founding Fathers are spinning in their graves. pic.twitter.com/T7g8xTzgwr
— Marathon Pundit (@Marathonpundit) June 13, 2025
NEW: Sen. ALEX PADILLA, along with fellow California Sen. ADAM SCHIFF and the DNC are fundraising off of Padilla being removed from yesterday’s DHS press conference in Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/FJLVjySntf
— Julia Manchester (@JuliaManch) June 13, 2025
As Democrat Rahm Emanuel once famously said, never let a crisis go to waste.
