The Washington Examiner’s Joe Concha said that New York City Comptroller Brad Lander’s arrest is just the latest instance of Democrats seeking a “rehearsed” arrest and predicted these efforts will only increase.

Lander, a mayoral candidate in New York City’s Democratic primary, was arrested less than a week after federal authorities forcibly removed Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) after he disrupted a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Concha, a senior writer for the Washington Examiner, claimed that both Lander and Padilla “wanted” their arrests to happen, citing how Lander is struggling in polling data and the media would portray him as “a martyr” and “victim” from his arrest.