BREAKING NEWS, John:

Democratic U.S. Senator Alex Padilla of California was just physically assaulted, forced to the ground, handcuffed, and removed from a Department of Homeland Security press conference by the Trump administration in Los Angeles.

It happened after Padilla identified himself and tried to ask Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem a question during the event, which was in response to the ongoing ICE raids and militarization against protesters in LA this past week.

This is not supposed to happen in the United States, John. This is fascism on full display.

If this is how the administration treats a sitting U.S. Senator, what are they willing to do to civilians? Senator Padilla said it himself: If this is how the administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, cooks, and day laborers throughout the country.

Trump and his far-right goons have already sicced ICE and their Gestapo tactics on immigrant communities across the country to carry out their mass deportation agenda.

Then, they called in the National Guard and Marines to repress protesters against a Democratic Governor’s wishes.

Now, they manhandled and handcuffed a sitting Democratic Senator for demanding answers from the Homeland Security Secretary—his literal job.

These are rapidly escalating authoritarian actions by the President and his administration, and we cannot let them get away with it. Rush $5 or whatever you can to help us and our members of Congress fight Trump’s fascism now!

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In solidarity,

Justice Democrats