Jasmine Crockett Claims She ‘Broke Down In Tears’ While Watching Dem Get Hauled Out Of Noem Presser

Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett said during a Wednesday podcast that she “literally” cried when watching footage of the forcible removal of Democratic California Sen. Alex Padilla from a June press conference held by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem.

Padilla disrupted Noem’s remarks, leading security to forcibly remove him from the room; he ended up face down on the floor in handcuffs just outside of the room. Crockett, on “Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know,” recalled how she “had no warning whatsoever” about what happened before watching it on television in another House member’s office, where she said the incident played repeatedly.

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“I literally just broke down in tears and started crying — because it is hard for me to imagine. Even just looking at Senator Padilla, this is the first Latino senator that the state of California has ever had,” Crockett said. “He is the senior senator in that state … And then there is no respect, not like a modicum of respect for him, nor his position, nor his humanity.”

“You would think that you wouldn’t do this to anybody, let alone a senator. But it tells you, like, how sinister this administration is,” she added. “And like he said — and he said it almost through tears — imagine what they’re doing to people that aren’t senators. Imagine what they’re doing to that dishwasher, that landscaper, that farmer.”