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Susan Collins: “It looks like he is being manhandled and physically removed and it’s hard to imagine a justification for that.”

On the recordJune 12, 2025
It looks like he is being manhandled and physically removed and it’s hard to imagine a justification for that.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine
Source
nbcnews.com
Jun 12, 2025

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Collins found Padilla's forcible removal disturbing and unjustifiable.

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