The Democrat Party is floundering on the high sees(sp). The most recent example of this was the bizarre case of Alex Padilla. Having lived in California for over 35 years, we knew about Alex Padilla. He was the California Secretary of State. People in other states are sometime shocked to learn that ballot harvesting is legal in California. Democrats consider this a way to increase voter turnout. Ballot boxes are put in selected locations so that people could vote without the inconvenience of reporting in person and bothering to identify themselves. Chain of custody was so yesterday. When Republicans tried to join in the game, by putting Ballot Boxes in Churches and Gun Stores, Padilla lost his mind. He issued a cease and desist ordering arguing that the boxes were a form of legal ballot harvesting. That, of course, was true because that is exactly what Democrats were doing. But if it weren’t for double standards, Democrats would have no standards at all, so Republicans, predictably, caved after acknowledging that a volunteer had made a mistake by denoting the ballot box as official, a designation only authorized for Democrat ballot boxes. Preserving chain of custody of the ballots, unless solely done by Democrats, was totally unacceptable to Padilla.
Naturally, this made him the ideal candidate to replace Kamala Harris as Senator from California. Governor Newsom appointed him after Harris became VP in 2021. He won election to the Senate in 2022. What a shock to see a Democrat win a federal election in California. He predictably voted with Joe Biden 100% of the time.
Most recently he tried to interrupt a press briefing by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem by rushing toward her screaming that he “wanted to know why you insist on exaggerating and embellishing.” The Secret Service responded by grabbing him and dragging him kicking and screaming out of the room. I am not sure that Kristi Noem even noticed because she just calmly continued with her briefing.
Since then, with carefully edited video, Padilla claims he was assaulted unjustly by the Secret Service. The unedited video provides a different perspective of events. Then J.D. Vance poured gas on the fire by referring to Alex Padilla as “Jose” Padilla. I don’t know if this was intentional or not, but Democrats seized the day by playing the race card. The same race card Padilla has used repeatedly throughout his career. He was president of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. But if a Republican refers to someone who brags about being Hispanic, as being Hispanic, well that is an insult that cannot be ignored.
When Padilla was appointed to the Senate, Black leaders were furious that another Black woman did not replace Kamala Harris. There’s a pattern here. Little known Democrat politicians, desperate for public attention, are finding ways to get arrested. Then they can claim the victim card. You know like when the President of the National Association of Latino elected and Appointed Officials is accused of being Hispanic.
Padilla is advancing in Democratic leadership not due to achievements, but because he got arrested. Being handcuffed for behaving like a jerk is a high honor in the modern Democrat Party. The greatest symbol of leadership ability is being publicly identified as a victim. This is why other Democrats have seized the day and the spotlight by trying to rush past armed guards at ICE detention facilities.
So, if you are going nowhere as a Democrat politician, because you are accomplishing nothing, then getting arrested will gain you the blue badge of courage. If nothing else works, give it an arrest.
Everything moves in cycles, and just when you think Democrats have dug a hole too deep to climb out of, Republicans find a way to self-destruct. But that may be delayed a little longer if the only way Democrats can get someone to pay attention is for them to get arrested for doing something stupid like objecting to the Trump administration enforcing federal law. You know, like pointing out that people here illegally, are here illegally, and the rest of us are more than a little tired of being asked to support them with our taxes.
TDM