Republicans continued to chastise Padilla, using words like “launch,” “lunge” and “bum rush” to describe Padilla’s behavior as he began to try to pose a question to Noem.

The following is the transcript of an interview with Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on June 15, 2025.MARGARET BRENNAN: And we're joined now by California Senator Alex Padilla.

“Padilla didn’t want answers; he wanted attention," White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement Thursday. House Speaker Mike Johnson said the incident warranted a censure. "Perhaps he wanted the scene," Noem told Fox News.

The confrontation was caught on video by dozens of journalists and later took the internet by storm at the sight of a U.S. senator being taken down to the ground by federal agents

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

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.

The protests planned for Saturday could become the largest nationwide demonstrations of Trump’s second term. But unlike in previous eras, the government’s posture heading into them is not one of caution: it is one of preparation,