Greene calls for Padilla to be charged over incident |
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) should be charged after being apprehended by law enforcement during a Department of Homeland Security presser.
Padilla verbally identified himself as a senator but was not wearing the pin that identifies lawmakers from civilians.
“I think he should be charged. He should be prosecuted,” Greene said during a Thursday appearance on NewsNation’s “The Hill.
Padilla attended the news conference to address Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem amid the chaos in California caused by large-scale protests.
Greene said Padilla’s arrest was warranted because he was not wearing the pin,........