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Miles Archer

(21,779 posts)
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 06:35 PM Jun 2025

Trump 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, ‘Nobody’s ever heard of this guy,’” Michael Wolff, the bestselling author, said this week on The Daily Beast Podcast. “As though that’s an excuse. And then he’s 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 Noem’s 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/

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Trump justifies roughing up Senator Padilla by saying he "looks like an illegal" (Original Post) Miles Archer Jun 2025 OP
Breathtakingly stupid Deuxcents Jun 2025 #1
Trump outs himself as a racist again. sakabatou Jun 2025 #2
Exactly EnergizedLib Jun 2025 #3
this. ding. AllaN01Bear Jun 2025 #4
Or, as another example, a South African who came here on a student visa and dropped the class as soon as he arrived. Miles Archer Jun 2025 #9
""" AllaN01Bear Jun 2025 #5
Does he now? tanyev Jun 2025 #6
What, exactly, do illegals look like, Donnie? Girard442 Jun 2025 #7
Says the man with the orange makeup and bizarre combover Hekate Jun 2025 #8
confirmation? nt msongs Jun 2025 #10
Did "I'm Senator Alex Padilla" not register? Sparkly Jun 2025 #11
Brown skin now means illegal. IcyPeas Jun 2025 #12
"I just look illegal" usonian Jun 2025 #13
This proves that all Republicans who talk about being "tough" on immigration AZProgressive Jun 2025 #14
The Miller "Just go to Home Depot" thing from earlier this week Miles Archer Jun 2025 #15
Trump looks like a felon . . . oh, wait, he is. Vinca Jun 2025 #16

Miles Archer

(21,779 posts)
9. Or, as another example, a South African who came here on a student visa and dropped the class as soon as he arrived.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 06:49 PM
Jun 2025

Not naming names, but...

Sparkly

(24,823 posts)
11. Did "I'm Senator Alex Padilla" not register?
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 07:06 PM
Jun 2025

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.

usonian

(23,535 posts)
13. "I just look illegal"
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 07:09 PM
Jun 2025

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

(29,852 posts)
14. This proves that all Republicans who talk about being "tough" on immigration
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 07:10 PM
Jun 2025

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

(21,779 posts)
15. The Miller "Just go to Home Depot" thing from earlier this week
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 07:28 PM
Jun 2025

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.

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