Longtime Republican strategist Sarah Longwell urged sitting senators in her party to defend Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), who was handcuffed and forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Alex Padilla asked a question at a DHS presser and ended up handcuffed—because that’s where we are now in 2025.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was in Los Angeles as part of a broad federal response to public demonstrations against immigration raids.

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U.S. Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed and tackled by federal agents during a Department of Homeland Security press conference, sparking bipartisan condemnation and calls for a full investigation into the actions of the officers who manhandled a sitting U.

Alex Padilla was attempting to ask a question at a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about immigration raids in Los Angeles.

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

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed and then handcuffed after he interrupted a press conference Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held in Los Angeles. Video of the incident shared by a Fox News reporter shows multiple men restraining Padilla and forcing him out of the room,

"I am Sen. Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary," the Democratic politician shouted as he was shoved out the door by FBI agents.