The administration of President Donald Trump swiftly sought to downplay a Thursday incident in which Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was roughly pinned to the ground and briefly handcuffed during a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles.

Alex Padilla of California – as he attempted to question Homeland ... in which Padilla was handcuffed and briefly detained by officers as he aimed to speak out in opposition to Trump administration immigration raids that sparked unrest in Los Angeles ...

On the Daily Beast podcast, Michael Wolff claimed that Trump tried to dismiss the incident by saying that Alex Padilla was not famous. Wolff explained Trump’s rationale saying, “This is just his visceral response: Nobody’s ever heard of him. We can take the blame off the ICE agents because they haven’t heard about this guy.”

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.

During her remarks from the Senate floor this week, Senator Maria Cantwell unleashed on the Trump Administration over the abusive detainment of Senator Alex Padilla. Cantwell stated, "They are afraid of Alex Padilla.

During his Friday appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy warned that America has reached "a point of no return," following California Senator Alex Padilla's forceful removal from a Thursday press conference with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

Hours after senior U.S. Senator Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from a press briefing with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, House Democrats roamed the Capitol seeking an audience with GOP leadership.

Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was pressed to the ground and handcuffed ... The stunning moment played out against the political backdrop of disorder in California. President Trump’s administration is seeking to crack down even harder on immigrants without ...