Sen. Alex Padilla disputed the White House’s account of the events surrounding his forcible removal from a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Thursday in Los Angeles, pus

Calif., for being unable to compose himself and wait for DHS Sec. Kristi Noem to finish speaking before interrupting.

Democratic Party officials have been united in their public and vigorous support of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) after he was forcibly removed and handcuffed at a news conference for Homeland

"How could you say that you did not know who he was?" L.A. Mayor Karen Bass speaks out on the forced removal of California Sen. Alex Padilla from a DHS press conference. DHS claimed the senator "interrupted a live press conference without identifying himself.

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace said on a Friday podcast that Democratic California Sen. Alex Padilla’s Thursday removal from a press

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday that Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) should be charged after being apprehended by law enforcement during a Department of Homeland Security press

Lawmakers largely condemned the actions of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump administration officials.

We need an independent investigation of this,” says Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the forcible removal and handcuffing of Sen. Alex Padilla at a DHS press conference. “It is also time for Kristi Noem to resign.