David French on Sen. Padilla Being Pushed Out of a Room: The Spin Afterwards Was Just a Lie

EXCERPT:

FRENCH: "You know, look, even if you thought this person was just a member of the public who was interrupting, just trying to be disruptive and interrupt, I can see pushing him out of the room, but then putting him down on the ground and handcuffing him as if they’ve done — as if they’ve broken the law, add into this then the spin afterwards was just a lie. I have not seen any video, and I’ve yet to see any video that shows a lunge towards the secretary. He clearly identifies himself. So here you have a situation where they put him in handcuffs when you absolutely had no need to do that at all, even if they genuinely thought he was just a member of the public interrupting. And then, when this becomes public, you put out a statement that is incredibly easily disprovable and you make arguments that are just disprovable from the tape. And so this is yet another example of when we have a conflict in this country right now, and you have two branching paths: one is towards de-escalation and the other one is towards escalation.”