Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) criticized fellow Democrats Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA), accusing them of engaging in “politics as theater.” His comments came in response to a recent incident involving Padilla, who attempted to interrupt a press conference held by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Padilla was ultimately removed from the room, forcibly taken to the ground, and placed in handcuffs for a time before being released. Noem reportedly spoke with him for several minutes after the press conference. In a statement to Axios, Golden explained that “storming into the FBI headquarters and trying to break up a press conference and rushing” towards a cabinet member “is not really the job of an elected official.”

While Golden criticized Padilla, he admitted that it is “never good when a senator or member of Congress gets roughed up by law enforcement.” But he added: “I don’t think politics as theater is what our job is here.”