Noem, along with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, defended the incident as a security matter, claiming Padilla hadn’t properly identified himself—which is plainly false.
The moment was disturbing enough that I immediately wrote to Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy, as well as Speaker Mike Johnson, urging them to investigate this egregious and unsettling event.
"If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." — George Washington
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