Sen. Alex Padilla on Tuesday encouraged Americans to peacefully protest against President Donald Trump's administration and said it’s “it’s time to wake up” in his first extended remarks in the Senate since he was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles last week as he tried

Sen. Alex Padilla delivered a speech on the Senate floor, almost a week after being forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's​ news conference in Los Angeles.

Alex Padilla (D-CA) recounted the incident last week when he was ejected from Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s press conference, with members of her detail forcing him to the ground and handcuffing him.