This is what Trump's government thugs are willing to do in broad daylight, to a US Senator, with cameras on.
They are sending the message that anyone who disagrees with Trump isn't safe in America.
This is authoritarianism.
— Democrats (@democrats.org) 12 June 2025 at 20:32
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In the past week, a union leader has been arrested, a U.S. Rep charged with a crime, a U.S. Senator violently handcuffed, and reporters shot with rubber bullets and detained. There is no ambiguity. This is a regime operating as an authoritarian. Americans who believe in liberty must oppose it.
— Ryan Enos (@ryanenos.bsky.social) 12 June 2025 at 20:12
House Speaker Mike Johnson calls for the Senate to "censure" Alex Padilla after he was restrained and handcuffed by FBI agents at Kristi Noem's presser, adding that it is "wildly inappropriate behavior."
So it looks like Republicans want to escalate this!
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) 12 June 2025 at 21:27
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Mike would shoot his own mother if Donald demanded it.
