"from day one of this administration, I have tried to speak truth to power,"
"have no choice but to now start paying attention ... that could be helpful, because the general public knows it's wrong."
"I find it interesting that you want order ... in this proceeding now,"
"You sure didn't have order when you stormed Secretary Noem at a press conference in California, did you?"
Senator Alex Padilla, one of the highest-ranking Latinos in U.S. politics, was tackled and handcuffed by federal officers after attempting to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question at an L.A. news conference. Noem later claimed Padilla "lunged" at her, a characterization contradicted by witnesses. Padilla says he has tried "to speak truth to power" from the administration's first day and suggested the arrest forced public attention to the wrongness of the action. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi invoked the Noem incident to criticize Padilla during a congressional hearing. Padilla is described as calm, MIT-trained, and committed.
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