Dem senator's viral outburst at DHS presser triggers mixed reactions from lawmakers: 'Disgusting situation'

House lawmakers from some sides of the aisle gave beardown reactions soon aft Sen. Alex Padilla's, D-Calif., viral outburst that got him thrown retired of a Department of Homeland Security property league successful Los Angeles connected Thursday.  

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida and Jim Jordan of Ohio spoke to Fox News Digital aft Padilla was escorted retired of the hearing.

"That was crazy," Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said.

"It’s a disgusting situation," Jeffries said.

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., talks with reporters extracurricular the U.S. Capitol during the past votes of the week connected Thursday, December 12, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

Many Democrats condemned however the Secret Service handcuffed and removed Padilla from the country during the event, with immoderate adjacent calling connected Noem to resign. Padilla and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ended up holding a gathering afterward, which Padilla’s bureau described arsenic "civil," and Noem described arsenic "cordial" contempt the beardown disagreements betwixt the two.

Luna, a Florida Republican, said the viral incidental speaks to a larger optics contented with men successful the Democratic Party.

"I deliberation optics are beauteous atrocious for Democrat men arsenic a whole," Luna said. 

"I mean, helium aggressively was approaching her. Obviously, information saw that arsenic a threat. I cognize aft the fact, she really was gracious capable aft helium pulled that to speech with him for a small spot and past speech numbers. But the information is that he's a sitting senator, and he's acting similar a weirdo. I don't cognize however other to picture it, different than you should not enactment similar that, period, and particularly not amusement aggression similar that towards women," she continued.

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Sen. Alex Padilla was temporarily detained aft approaching Sec. Noem's podium astatine the quality conference. (Bill Melugin/Fox News)

"I deliberation helium was trying to get clickbait, but I don't cognize astir however you were raised, but I was raised that you don't propulsion temper tantrums, and you surely don't attack women similar that," she continued.

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Jordan, an Ohio Republican, wondered wherefore Padilla was successful Los Angeles alternatively of Washington, D.C., arsenic the Senate was successful league connected Thursday.

"Well, I mean, the archetypal happening that comes to caput is, wherefore isn't helium present voting? I – conscionable like, the Senate's successful session. I conscionable did a property league with senators," helium said.

"I cognize they're successful session, truthful wherefore is helium present doing that? And then. Second, wherefore not conscionable hold and bash your ain property conference? Like, the property is there. The cameras are there.The microphones are there. If you hold till Secretary Noem is done, and past you archer them you privation to accidental a fewer things, you screen him, everyone volition screen you, journalists, everyone screen him. So, to me, those are the 2 takeaways. Why not conscionable bash it the common-sense mode alternatively of going successful and making a scene," the Republican added.

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OCTOBER 13: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) speaks to reporters arsenic House Republicans clasp a caucus gathering astatine the Longworth House Office Building connected October 13, 2023, successful Washington, D.C. House Republicans proceed to statement their prime for Speaker aft their archetypal nominee, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), withdrew his sanction from the contention aft failing to unafraid the fig of votes needed. The afloat House of Representatives is expected to ballot connected a replacement for erstwhile Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) aft helium was ousted past week. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The FBI said that helium was fto spell aft helium had decently identified himself, arsenic helium was not wearing his information pin erstwhile he interrupted Noem portion trying to inquire a question during her remarks. Padilla did authorities his sanction and was wearing a garment that said the U.S. Senate connected it.

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"If this is however this medication responds to a Senator with a question, you tin lone ideate what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to time laborers passim California and passim the country. We volition clasp this medication accountable," helium said aft the incident.

Meanwhile, DHS slammed it arsenic "disrespectful governmental theater." The property league was focused connected anti-ICE civilian unrest successful Los Angeles arsenic national migration authorities proceed arrests of amerciable immigrants successful the region.