{"id":493,"date":"2025-06-16T00:51:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T00:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=493"},"modified":"2025-06-16T00:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T00:51:23","slug":"democrat-shreds-his-own-colleagues-over-ice-protests-political-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=493","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Shreds His Own Colleagues Over ICE Protests: \u2018Political Theater\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden is calling out members of his own party for turning public service into a political stunt show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golden, a congressman from Maine, slammed fellow Democrats Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey and Sen. Alex Padilla of California for what he described as blatant \u201cpolitics as theater.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golden\u2019s remarks came after Padilla caused a chaotic scene at a Department of Homeland Security press conference. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was speaking to reporters when Padilla stormed in, interrupted the event, and allegedly rushed toward Noem. Moments later, Padilla was tackled, handcuffed, and removed from the room by law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStorming into the FBI headquarters and trying to break up a press conference and rushing toward a cabinet member is not really the job of an elected official,\u201d Golden said<\/a> to Axios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Golden did admit that \u201cit\u2019s never good when a senator or member of Congress gets roughed up by law enforcement,\u201d he made it clear he believed Padilla had crossed the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think politics as theater is what our job is here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DHS didn\u2019t mince words either. In a statement posted to X, the department explained that Padilla had \u201cinterrupted a live press conference without identifying himself,\u201d and added that he \u201clunged toward\u201d Secretary Noem. According to DHS, Padilla had no visible Senate security pin on him and refused multiple orders to step back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSenator Padilla chose disrespectful political theatre and interrupted a live press conference without identifying himself or having his Senate security pin on as he lunged toward Secretary Noem,\u201d DHS stated. \u201cMr. Padilla was told repeatedly to back away and did not comply with officers\u2019 repeated commands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DHS also noted that the Secret Service treated the situation as an active threat. \u201cOfficers believed Senator Padilla was an attacker and acted appropriately,\u201d the department added, though eventually Padilla did identify himself as officers moved in on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drama surrounding Padilla isn\u2019t the only incident that drew Golden\u2019s ire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also took aim at McIver, who is now facing serious legal consequences for her own theatrical display. In May, McIver allegedly stormed into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, New Jersey. That stunt didn\u2019t end with applause, it ended with an indictment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A federal grand jury charged McIver with multiple offenses tied to the ICE facility incident. If convicted, she could face up to 17 years in federal prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golden went on to suggest that their behavior reflects a dangerous shift in priorities inside the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of doing the hard, often unglamorous work of legislating and serving their constituents, Golden said some Democrats are more interested in creating viral moments, stirring outrage, and chasing headlines. And that, he warned, isn\u2019t just unserious, it\u2019s irresponsible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhere I come from, if you shove a police officer, you\u2019re probably getting arrested,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, four migrants fled from the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday evening after an apparent disturbance within the building, a senior Homeland Security official told Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAdditional law enforcement partners have been brought in to find these escapees, and a BOLO has been disseminated,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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