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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump justifies roughing up Senator Padilla by saying he "looks like an illegal"
Trump is trying to justify federal agents handcuffing California Senator Alex Padilla by suggesting that he looked like an illegal, his leading biographer has revealed.
Trump saw these pictures and then has been on the phone saying to people, Nobodys ever heard of this guy, Michael Wolff, the bestselling author, said this week on The Daily Beast Podcast. As though thats an excuse. And then hes gone on to say, and he looks like an illegal.
Padilla, the son of Mexican immigrants, was thrown to the ground Thursday after going to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noems press conference in Los Angeles and trying to ask her a question.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-calling-handcuffed-senator-vile-racial-slur-author/
Deuxcents
(25,944 posts)sakabatou
(45,906 posts)EnergizedLib
(2,968 posts)Whats to say a European isnt here illegally?
AllaN01Bear
(28,838 posts)Miles Archer
(22,194 posts)Not naming names, but...
AllaN01Bear
(28,838 posts)tanyev
(48,854 posts)Girard442
(6,838 posts)Wanna clarify that for us?
Hekate
(100,133 posts)msongs
(73,210 posts)Sparkly
(24,860 posts)How about the fact that he was accompanied by officials, and the entire building was secured right down to metal detectors and ID checks??
What an idiot. Yet his supporters will buy into it, as usual.
IcyPeas
(25,129 posts)usonian
(24,049 posts)Worn by SF Giants pitcher Sergio Romo. At an airport, causing a ruckus and at a World Series parade.
Sign?
World Series parade. 2012

AZProgressive
(29,882 posts)Really are just in favor of racial profiling much like the Arpaios & Russell Pearce but they weren't this quite straightforward about it.
Miles Archer
(22,194 posts)I don't post much about Miller here because so much of what comes out of his mouth is "on brand," just angry, ignorant, racist crap.
But I'm sure you've seen it elsewhere on DU, Miller telling ICE to just go to Home Depot because it's a numbers game. There's no interest in deporting criminals. If they're brown, they count towards quota and bigly yuge deportation totals.