"The View" host Ana Navarro defended Sen. Alex Padilla on Monday morning after he was detained at Kristi Noem's press conference Thursday.

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.

The following is the transcript of an interview with Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on June 15, 2025.MARGARET BRENNAN: And we're joined now by California Senator Alex Padilla.

Now the senior U.S. senator from California, Alex Padilla’s career in public service started amid intense fervor over immigration in the early 1990s. Now, it comes full circle.

Democrats are fundraising off of Sen. Alex Padilla's forced removal from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference.

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.

California Sen. Alex Padilla blamed President Donald Trump’s first election campaign and its “tone" for escalating political tensions to the point of violence.

The senator pushed back on Trump administration claims he was trying to make a "viral moment," saying, "Nothing could be further from the truth"