Dear Senator Padilla, Oh please, keep talking! Anyone who actually watched the video knows exactly what happened - and it wasn't the heroic "questioning" you're pretending it was. You interrupted Secretary Noem approximately six minutes into her opening statement during a live, broadcasted press conference. Not during Q&A. Not when invited to speak. You literally barged in, elevated your voice, physically advanced toward the podium, and started "mansplaining" to a woman trying to do her job, saying "Secretary, I want to know why you insist on exaggerating and embellishing..." How absolutely fascinating to watch the party of "believe women" and "let women speak" defend a male senator's right to interrupt, shout over, and physically intimidate a female Cabinet secretary conducting official business. Secretary Noem accurately described how you "burst into a room, started advancing toward the podium, interrupting an opening statement, elevating his voice, and shouting questions" - textbook aggressive male behavior toward a professional woman. Here's my question, Senator: If Secretary Noem were "Secretary Noah," would you have waited respectfully for the Q&A portion like a civilized adult? Or do you only feel entitled to interrupt women mid-sentence when they're speaking? The fact that your fellow Democrats are calling this "congressional oversight" while completely ignoring your disrespectful treatment of a woman in leadership says everything about your party's selective feminism. Chuck Schumer's more concerned about your "bruised ego" than the woman you interrupted. Nancy Pelosi's screaming about an "assault on freedom of speech" while ignoring the actual assault on a woman's right to speak without male interruption. You chose to be disruptive during an official government function, got handled accordingly, and now you're playing victim. Maybe next time show some basic respect for women in leadership and wait your turn like the rest of us learned in kindergarten. #RespectWomenInLeadership #WaitYourTurn #BasicCivility #CongressionalEtiquette #SelectiveFeminism #DoubleStandards #ActualManplaining #ProfessionalBehavior

Thank you. #BasicCivility #OneCountry

Sometimes I hold it for the person in front of me. #BasicCivility

Sad that she even needs protection. She’s standing for basic women’s rights. #Oxford #basiccivility #FreeSpeech bbc.co.uk/news/education-512…

@CBCTheHouse Rich, too, given the host’s primary interviewing tool: interrupt frequently so guests* can’t finish their statements. #basiccivility (*often those w less perceived status/power).

Dear 800 and "unavailable" phone numbers: No voice message, no answer when you call. #annoying #basiccivility #1stworldproblems

#EDL776-@jense1ac - I guess bi-partisanship was out the window with that chancellor. #basiccivility