Young Oak Kim: “I have no words to describe just the absurdity of this moment and the dangers to our country and our Union. For us to be…”

“I have no words to describe just the absurdity of this moment and the dangers to our country and our Union. For us to be able to stand here on the floor of the Senate in this Chamber that many such important decisions have been made in, a place of deliberation--it is not only in this room that we as Senators should be able to voice the concerns that we have about the direction of our country and the problems that our Nation faces, that we get to be sworn in as U.S. Senators, that we try to do our best, that we are U.S. Senators--United States Senators--that we represent this entire Nation as a body. And the idea that just--as I just saw the video--one of my colleagues here is thrown to the floor, handcuffed, humiliated--it is not a humiliation of that individual Senator; it is a humiliation of this body. The shamefulness by which that was perpetrated, that the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security--shame upon those that instigated this, that followed through on this. It is something that all of us collectively need to stand against. This isn't about partisanship. It is about what does this institution, what does this body mean and whether or not our words and our actions, as dictated by our oath that we swear to the Constitution of article I, as well, that lays out what our job is, that that is very much under threat right now. I feel for my colleague. I don't know what is happening right now.…”