”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”
– US Senator Alex Padilla speaking at a news conference, appearing to briefly be overcome with emotion
This is not normal.
It’s really shocking, to see the video— and a next-level outrage, that United States Senator Alex Padilla was man-handled and cuffed for asking a question at a Dept. of Homeland Security news conference in Los Angeles, his home state.
