If that is what the administration is willing to do to a United States senator for having the authority to simply ask a question, imagine what they'll do to any American who dares to speak up.

I was forced to the ground, first on my knees and then flat on my chest, and I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway.

Sen. Alex Padilla called Trump a 'tyrant'.

Of course, she had no data, had no answer

If that's how this administration responds to the senator with a question, ... that cruel, disrespectful treatment of so many people who deserve much better

There's got to be a better way.

I had the audacity to try to ask a question as a senator of a Cabinet secretary

It's at least a baby step. Let's hope there's more to follow.

don't just imagine what they're capable of, but what they are doing when the cameras are not there

They deserve better.

I wanted to ask about their justification for the federalization of the National Guard, ... not only not necessary, but counterproductive

When I heard the secretary, not for the first time in that press conference, talk about the needing to liberate the people of Los Angeles from their duly elected mayor and governor, it was at that moment that I chose to try to ask a…