Joe Concha: Democrats "Out Of Ideas" After California Senator Stunt
Fox News Contributor Joe Concha joins Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla to consider California Democratic Senator Alex Padilla being removed detained from a news conference with WPG Talk Radio Host Harry Hurley.
'The Secret Service or the agents that were there may not have known who he was. Uh, he didn't say until seven seconds after he started going towards Noem, and uh by the way U.S. Senator. And uh yeah did we not forget what happened to Steve Scalise on that baseball field in northern Virginia a couple of years ago? Uh did we not forget that the president of the United States was nearly assassinated twice last summer? You have to err on the side of caution there and there's this maniac that runs in, and this is obviously because he wanted this result so he can be the victim now on CNN. I'm sorry, I mean Democrats are certainly out of ideas here.'
Joe and Harry also discuss a Congress member's recent indictment following an incident at an ICE facility. Check out the podcast for the full interview!
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