Sen Padilla insists he wasn’t disrupting Noem press conference: ‘I was simply asking a question’

Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California on Sunday claimed that he was just trying to ask a question when he was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles last week.

Padilla recalled his side of the story during an appearance on CNN’s "State of the Union," saying that he was already in the building for a separate briefing when he decided to attend Noem’s press conference about the recent immigration protests and riots in Los Angeles.

But what happened next, he said, "you can't script this in Hollywood."

"I wasn’t trying to be disrespectful or disruptive – and I don’t think I was," the senator said. "I was simply asking a question just as the members of the press corps ask questions, members of the Congress...