Sen. Alex Padilla Shows How To Rally The American People Against Trump

Sen. Padilla showed what real leadership looks like as he spoke on the Senate floor and powerfully detailed his experience being assaulted by the Trump administration and Trump's real motives.

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The Democratic base has been crying out for leadership since before Donald Trump returned to office. Leaders have emerged, but to date, no one has put themselves on the line like Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) who was assaulted by federal law enforcement while attempting to question DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

It is what Padilla has done after the assault that has been so noteworthy.

Padilla has taken his platform and used it, not to engage in partisan bomb throwing and fights with the Trump administration, but to explain what Donald Trump’s immigration policies are doing and what they mean for the entire country.

Sen. Padilla spoke on the Senate floor for more than twenty minutes, and it was what he said about the ramifications of what Trump is doing in California that stood out.

Padilla said:

 The president, the vice president and their allies have continued to call all the…