General Discussion

I don't have links to videos, but I did review a couple of transcripts from the shows I was watching when the Padilla news broke. I quickly found these examples:

- Jake Tapper, The Lead with Jake Tapper (6/12/25): "He's being criticized by Republicans and the White House for staging a stunt and lunging at Secretary Noem."

- Kasie Hunt, The Arena (6/12/25), did a long segment with a "security analyst" who was very critical of Padilla's actions, brought up a lot of rightwing talking points, placed the blame on Senator Padilla.

- On Hunt's show, Kristen Holmes, CNN Senior White House Correspondent, said: "We just heard from Stephen Chung, who posted on X basically having Kristi Noem's back saying that this was a freak out on the part of Senator Padilla and saying shows the public what a complete lunatic Padilla is by rushing towards Secretary Noem and disturbing the informative press conference."

There's probably more, but I don't have the time to look for video links. As they always say on internet forums, "Do your own research."