Swalwell calls for Noem to resign following Padilla incident

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

06/12/25 10:33 PM ET


Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) called for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to resign after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed and later handcuffed at her Thursday press conference in Los Angeles.

“Kristi Noem should resign for what has happened under her watch. No one asked for this. We were promised violent criminals would be deported. Instead, they deported a four-year-old American citizen battling cancer, they arrested a US Marshal over the weekend, a US citizen and now a US senator, the second member of Congress in 45 days, who’s been arrested,” Swalwell said in a brief interview with NewsNation on Thursday.

“No one asked for this. It’s chaos, and her agents are running around, masked like 1800-bank robber you know, suspects or the KGB officers in Russia.

This is not what America looks like. So she should come to Congress. They should take the masks off, and they should stop terrorizing families,” the House Democrat told NewsNation’s Joe Khalil.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5348273-swalwell-calls-for-noem-to-resign-following-padilla-incident/

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Good on ya, Eric!

But knowing Noem for the witch she is, she will go out of her way to have Eric Swalwell arrested for his insolence. Good for Rep. Swalwell to call out Noem like this and in public.

"Get her undies in a bunch" they say in Minnesota.

[niyad]

3. Please do not insult witches that way. She has nothing to do with the Craft

of the Wise.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. I meant no disrespect, niyad, to witches.

Nor could I use the B word, which was my intent as to not come off as misogynistic.

[piddyprints]

15. Monster would do just fine.

[niyad]

18. It does indeed.

[niyad]

17. Understood. Cosplaying, puppykilling traitor works for me.

[patphil]

21. I agree. Cosplaying, puppykilling traitor is a good description of her.

How about foul beast from hell?
I've never seen such a collection of evil women as Trump has working for him.

[lastlib]

26. "Crusty Gnome"

Secretary of Cosplay.

[niyad]

2. Her ceasing to waste oxygen would be even better.

[Brainfodder]

4. Who would be her likely replacement?

The bad actor bullpen is deep?

[travelingthrulife]

6. She needs to resign but she also needs to be further punished.

[chowder66]

7. He wasn't the only one.

Sen. Schiff, Sen. Smith, Sen. Warren, Sen. Masto, Rep. Ramirez, Rep. Kenyatta and possibly others also called for her resignation.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. I think because he is an always very vocal Rep. from California

he got featured, although I know obviously Schiff is CA's other Senator.

[chowder66]

10. He is and I'm grateful. Just wanted to acknowledge the others that I knew of.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Oh I expect the whole (D) CA delegation is up in arms!!!!

[chowder66]

12. I would hope so!

[Bayard]

8. Outrageous!

He's Latino, and he's rushing the stage! Let's deport him.

[AllaN01Bear]

13. ding. this .

[boonecreek]

14. Corey Booker absolutely went off on this.

https://www.insidernj.com/video-booker-condemns-forcible-removal-of-senator-alex-padilla-from-public-press-conference/

[BumRushDaShow]

16. The popular Acyn posted a clip of Booker's speech

Link to tweet

Acyn
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Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs
4:10 PM · Jun 12, 2025

Booker posted the whole thing on his youtube channel but it won't display here.

[flamingdem]

19. Betty Botox

is an incompetent fool

Imagine what could happen with someone competent.

In that sense we might be better off with her!

[LittleGirl]

25. I call her Combat Barbie. nt

[bronxiteforever]

20. Kick and recommend

[Hieronymus Phact]

22. This is the problem: one or two people.

Everything should stop. Full stop.
There is no other topic to talk about.
There is no other issue.
Every Democrat should call for her resignation at every opportunity.
No matter the outlet, no matter the topic.
Full stop.
Call for resignations.
That is the Topic of the week. There is no other.

I wish.

[Wednesdays]

23. Noem, resign? Yeah, that'll happen.

On the 23rd of NEVER.

[question everything]

24. Can they try impeachment proceedings? Will not get far but will send a message

[mdbl]

27. Noem isn't even qualified to run a dept of dog catchers

[Picaro]

28. Why just Swalwell

What about AOC, Corey Booker, Hakeem Jeffries etc.

The entire contingent of Democratic House and Senate leadership should be calling for Noem’s and Hegseth’s heads.

WTH?

[emulatorloo]

29. See post 16..

It is ‘not just swalwell.’

As OP points out, Swalwell most likely featured because he’s part of the California delegation.

[progressoid]

30. Sadly, this IS America.