Republican lawmakers aren’t concerned that their colleague, California Sen. Alex Padilla, was shoved out of a Los Angeles press conference Thursday and handcuffed by law enforcement while face-down on the ground.
“Play stupid games, get stupid prizes,” Rep. Rich McCormick, a Georgia Republican, told NOTUS when asked about Padilla’s treatment by law enforcement. “He looked very aggressive. I don’t know what he was thinking. It’s a silly way to approach somebody. A guy who has that much power, he should know better.”
“First of all, it’s inappropriate, and secondly, it never makes a difference,” McCormick continued. “All he’s doing is grandstanding.”