06/07/2025
https://www.commondreams.org...
"There was no threat. There was no lunging. I raised my voice to ask a question."
"I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary."
"I encourage everybody to please peacefully protest – just like I was calmly and peacefully listening in that press conference."
"If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they’re doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and through..."