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On the recordJune 19, 2025
I'm OK. But if they can do that to me, a United States senator...what are they doing to a lot of folks out there when the cameras are not on?
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California

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Padilla comments on being removed from a press briefing and the implications for others.

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