Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove expressed outrage over the treatment of Senator Alex Padilla, warning that silencing public officials threatens everyone. She criticized political intimidation and accused former President Trump of creating distractions to avoid accountability on issues like Medicaid cuts and economic hardship.

Sen Adam Schiff (D-CA) argued Sunday that his fellow California senator was in the right to interrupt a recent press conference for the Department of Homeland Security, calling it “atrocious” how he was escorted out of the meeting.

Federal agents removed California’s senior senator from a news conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after he attempted to question her — an agency spokesperson has said that agents thought he was “an attacker.

Senator Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed and handcuffed after interrupting a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, in an episode that deepened partisan tensions over the Trump Administration’s expanded immigration enforcement efforts in Los Angeles.

I’m joining House Democrats to march to Senator Thune’s office and to demand ... must be accountability for the detainment of a Senator. This is not normal.” Johnson called Padilla’s ...

“All Americans must demand accountability and justice on behalf of Senator Padilla and the many others who have been targeted by the Trump Administration for exercising their First Amendment right to speak out against this administration’s ...

“Senator Alex Padilla has been my friend for over 20 years — a decent, honorable public servant and a proud son of the American dream. I stand with him fully as we demand accountability and ...