Conservatives erupt after Dem senator's 'temper tantrum' sends DHS presser off the rails

Conservatives on social media lambasted Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., for interrupting a Department of Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles Thursday despite the Senate being in session.

Padilla was kicked out of the event, and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said she does not know him personally. 

"This is embarrassing [Padilla] spare me the fake outrage. Where were you when LEOS were being pelted with bricks? Hiding along with puppet [Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna]? #FactsMatter," former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva posted on X.

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"Whoa!! A sitting US Senator, Alex Padilla, was just shoved and forcibly removed from a press con...