US President Donald Trump has tried to justify the forced removal of California Senator Alex Padilla from a press conference by federal agents. The Democrat leader was thrown to the ground and handcuffed by officials after he asked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question at her press conference in Los Angeles. Noem was in LA amid the protests against raids by immigration officials. According to Michael Wolff, Trump’s biographer, the 47th President tried to justify the incident by saying that Padilla “looked like an illegal,” the Daily Beast reported.
What Trump said on Alex Padilla
On the Daily Beast podcast, Michael Wolff claimed that Trump tried to dismiss the incident by saying that Alex Padilla was not famous. Wolff explained Trump’s rationale saying, “This is just his visceral response: Nobody’s ever heard of him. We can take the blame off the ICE agents because they haven’t heard about this guy.”
The biographer added that Trump was a “little unsettled” by Padilla’s forcible removal and is attempting to downplay the situation.
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Minnesota shooting: Trump expresses condolences
State Representative Melissa Hortman, State Senator John Hoffman and their partners were shot on Saturday, June 14. Donald Trump expressed his condolences on the matter and said it may have been a “targeted attack,” AFP reported. He also claimed that such violent incidents would not be targeted in the US.
Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark passed away in the shooting, while Hoffman and his wife Yvette have survived and are undergoing treatment. According to ABC News, the lawmakers were targeted at their homes, which were about eight miles away from each other north of Minneapolis. A manhunt is underway to nab the perpetrator.
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1 What is a Senator?
{{/usCountry}}Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark passed away in the shooting, while Hoffman and his wife Yvette have survived and are undergoing treatment. According to ABC News, the lawmakers were targeted at their homes, which were about eight miles away from each other north of Minneapolis. A manhunt is underway to nab the perpetrator.
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1 What is a Senator?
{{/usCountry}}A member of the Senate is called a Senator. In the US, every state elects two Senators.
2 Who are the current US Senators?
There are presently 100 Senators including Tom Cotton (Arkansas), Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota) and Alex Padilla (California).
3 Who are the famous five Senators?
Henry Clay (KY), John C. Calhoun (SC), Daniel Webster (MA), Robert Taft (OH), and Robert La Follette, Sr. (WI) were the five famous Senators to be inducted into a hall of fame by the John F. Kennedy administration.
4 Who is one of California's Senators now?
Alex Padilla is a Democrat Senator from California.