Alex Padilla actually said...

"He knows my name. He's the vice president of the United States. You'd think he'd take the situation in Los Angeles more seriously."

"Donald Trump wants a spectacle not just to distract from his failed policies, but to justify his undemocratic crackdowns and his authoritarian power grabs."

"If that’s what they’ll do to a United States Senator for having the audacity to simply ask a question, imagine what they’ll do to any American who dares to speak up."

"The law doesn’t apply to us, and we don’t answer to you."