Lawmakers are calling for answers after Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha called out Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) after his forceful removal at a Thursday Homeland Security press briefing as “performance art.” “This is, Carly, basically a complete and total perfect microcosm of what we have seen from the Democratic Party over the last four months since Donald Trump took office;