Sen. Alex Padilla held an emotional press conference Thursday shortly after being forcefully ejected from a Department of Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles.
He recounted the incident in detail, saying that as he tried to speak up and ask Secretary Kristi Noem a question, he was grabbed by several federal officers and pushed out of the room.
“I will say, if this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they’re doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country,” Padilla said.