I think every Democrat in the House and Senate has posted a statement or a video talking about the "horrific assault" on a sitting Latino senator. The stunt was better planned than when Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled the fire alarm — he only had security cameras trained on him, though. Sen. Alex Padilla made sure he just wandered into DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference and thought he could bypass security because he's Sen. Alex Padilla and interrupt a presser.
It reminds me of way back in the day when Hillary Clinton was running for Senate in New York, and her male opponent approached her podium at a debate, asking if she'd sign a pledge to do one thing or another. I remember some likening it to rape. You don't just invade a woman's space like that, unless you're a man who thinks he's a woman.
I'm sure we'll have plenty more coverage of the Padilla stunt Friday, but I wanted to post this bit about Rep. Jamie Raskin, who's just a horrible person. He challenged Donald Trump's electoral votes in Florida and then went on to excoriate "election deniers," sitting on the January 6 select committee to assure us the 2020 election was flawless.
Nick Sortor dared to approach Raskin on Thursday to ask him about Sen. Chris Van Hollen's man-crush, who has been returned to the United States to face charges of human trafficking. You could tell Raskin had no scripted reply, as the best he could do was call Sortor "QAnon" and a fascist.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: I confronted Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin over his support for illegals and he absolutely MELTED DOWN 🤣
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 12, 2025
He called me “FASCIST” and “Q ANON” as he tried to run away 😂
All I asked is if he still backed Kilmar Abrego Garcia after it was revealed he was TRAFFlCKING… pic.twitter.com/Lvua7nMTmn
The post continues:
… HUMANS to Maryland, the state Raskin represents.
He even tried to signal for Capitol Police to come get me, MINUTES AFTER he back Alex Padilla for crashing Kristi Noem’s presser. A liar and a hypocrite too.
And of course, instead of answering the questions, he yelled incoherent blather and found a way to bring up @elonmusk
I hope you get some help, @RepRaskin
I'm actually not a big fan of ambush interviews, but Raskin is such a worm.
he's an angry little elf
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 12, 2025
Raskin is such a little unhinged punk.
— Louis (@louis3288) June 12, 2025
Nick, this may be your finest confrontation yet.
— Walter Curt (@WCdispatch_) June 12, 2025
You got him HEATED 🤣
Jamie Raskin is UNHINGED!
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) June 12, 2025
Wow.
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) June 12, 2025
Ok to everyone who has never met Nick in person… he’s an extremely nice dude. Played with my toddler. A great human being.
What I just watched from Jamie Raskin here is so fucked up.
Watched the entire thing.
I’m floored, left speechless.
He’s such an asshole.
A lot of senators are, but since Padilla was hogging all the attention today, I thought I'd give Raskin some exposure. And since it's on X, more people will see it than Raskin's next hit on CNN.
There's so much douchebaggery in Congress.
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