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Sen. Padilla claps back after JD Vance calls him ‘Jose’:
‘ He knows my name'

Sen. Alex Padilla blasted the Trump administration Saturday,
-- calling it “petty and unserious”
after Vice President JD Vance referred to him as “Jose” during a news conference in Los Angeles the previous day.

“He knows my name,” Padilla said in an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday morning.

Vance visited Los Angeles on Friday for less than five hours
after several weeks of federal immigration raids in the city and surrounding areas,
sparking protests and backlash from state and local officials.

Padilla was thrown into the heated nationwide immigration debate
when he was dragged to the ground by federal law enforcement officers
and briefly detained
when he attempted to ask U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question during a news conference earlier this month.
’ https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-06-21/sen-padilla-claps-back-after-jd-vance-calls-him-jose-he-knows-my-name