Republicans continued to chastise Padilla, using words like "launch," "lunge" and "bum rush" to describe Padilla's behavior as he began to try to pose a question to Noem.

Bay Area Republican strategist Matt Shupe described Padilla’s attempt to abruptly question Noem “pure political theatrics.”

Inside a cell phone repair shop on Van Nuys Boulevard, Juan Reynoso watched the video playback of what happened to Alex Padilla on Thursday. It wasn’t pretty. “Oh my God,” he said slowly and softly, his mouth agape as the stream played out on the monitor in front of him.

Democrats hammer indignity of Padilla episode. Hours after senior U.S. Senator Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from a press briefing with Homeland Security Secreta