Are Sen. Padilla's 15 minutes up yet? Apparently not.

The Senator has an opinion piece in the NY Times today titled "Senator Padilla: This Is How an Administration Acts When It’s Afraid." It opens with a recounting of his attempt to disrupt a press statement by DHS Sec. Kristi Noem.

Growing up in the northeast San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles in the 1980s and 90s, you know what can happen if you don’t completely cooperate with law enforcement.

Even so, it was jarring last week when, despite clearly identifying myself as a U.S. senator, I was forcibly removed from a news conference at which Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, promised to “liberate” Los Angeles from our democratically elected mayor and governor. As I was thrown to the ground, handcuffed and walked down a hall while officers refused to tell me why I was being detained, my mind raced with questions.

None of this is an accurate description of what happened last week. Padilla did not identify himself as a Senator before he started talking loudly over Sec. Noem. As Secret Service moved to push him out of the room, he pushed back toward Noem. Only when he started to lose the shoving match against two other men did he finally identify himself as a Senator. By that point it was too late. He was interrupting, he was wrestling with Secret Service and they didn't know who he was. Padilla was pushed out of the room, still dragging his feet. Also, he was not "thrown to the ground." Video shows he kneeled and then was told to lay down. One officer pushed his shoulder as he laid down, but he wasn't body slammed. Watch the video for yourself.