A day after federal agents forcibly restrained and handcuffed U.S. Sen Alex Padilla at a Los Angeles news conference, leaders of the country’s two political parties responded in what has become a predictable fashion — with diametrically opposed takes on the incident.

Amid growing ICE activity hitting Los Angeles communities, Latino leaders and Pacoima residents felt indignation at the news involving CA Sen. Alex Padilla and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi

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

The senator is known on Capitol Hill for being kind and nerdy. His forcible removal from a news conference resonated as a call to action among Democrats.

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski spoke out after videos circulated Thursday of Senator Alex Padilla being forcibly removed from a news conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles.

After Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles and handcuffed on Thursday, his fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill were outraged. Lawmakers took to the Senate floor to denounce the way the California senator was treated and dozens of House Democrats marched to Speaker Mike Johnson's office,