Senate Leader Mike McGuire Issues Statement on Reprehensible Use of Force Against U.S. Senator Alex Padilla
SACRAMENTO – Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire (D-North Coast) released the following statement regarding federal employees forcibly removing and handcuffing U.S. Senator Alex Padilla during a press conference earlier today:
“Alex Padilla is a U.S. Senator who was asking important questions and was violently detained. This is outrageous and reprehensible. All Americans must stand up to these authoritarian thugs. Trump and his posse are completely out of control. This has to stop immediately. We all must stand with Senator Padilla.”
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Mike McGuire is President pro Tempore of the California Senate. He represents the North Coast of California, which stretches from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border, including Del Norte, Trinity, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma, and Marin Counties. Website of Senate Leader McGuire: https://sd02.senate.ca.gov/