JD Vance refers to Sen. Alex Padilla as "Jose Padilla" during L.A. visit

Did VIVIAN really say that?

When asked why he referred to the senator as "José Padilla," despite his first name being Alejandro, Taylor Van Kirk — a spokesperson for Vance — said "he must have mixed up two people who have broken the law." Van Kirk did not elaborate.

In 2007, a jury convicted U.S. citizen José Padilla on charges of supporting al Qaeda after he was initially accused of planning to carry out a "dirty bomb" attack in the U.S. He was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison; it was later increased to 21 years.

A spokesperson for Sen. Padilla, Tess Oswald, called Vance's remark "another unserious comment from an unserious administration."

“As a former colleague of Senator Padilla, the Vice President knows better. He should be more focused on demilitarizing our city than taking cheap shots," Oswald said on X.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom asserted that Vance's comment about Padilla, a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, was intentional.

"JD Vance served with Alex Padilla in the United States Senate. Calling him 'Jose Padilla' is not an accident," Newsom wrote on X.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass meanwhile condemned Vance for incorrectly naming the senator, saying he aimed to disrespect Padilla.

"You don’t know his name, but yet you served with him before you were vice president, and you continue to serve with him today. Because the last time I checked, the vice president of the United States is the president of the U.S. Senate," Bass said at a press event Friday evening. "How dare you disrespect him and call him José, but I guess he just looked like anybody to you."

Vance made the remarks about Padilla and other California Democrats after he toured an FBI mobile command center and met with Marines in Los Angeles, a city where clashes between protesters and law enforcement officials have become a focal point of the opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.

Isn't JD Vance married to Parvati Patel?

[quote]Isn't JD Vance married to Parvati Patel?

The problem with people like Vance is that until it hits close to home, he's perfectly fine engaging in this type of behavior.

But, the second his wife or kids are told to go home or stopped and asked to prove they're citizens, he'll be the first to cry like the bitch he is.

racist pig.

Once again, can you imagine if a Democrat said something like this about a Republican?

Yet the GOPigs always get away with this kind of shit.

It just normalizes racism in this country, a little bit more each time.

This was intentional. Jose Padilla was a terrorist.

All they have is misinformation. Unfortunately it works.

In that case r4, let’s start demanding proof of citizenship of her parents! Let’s GO, I wanna see their papers and hear every single goddamn detail of how her folks came here, and sniff out what lies they’re likely telling us. Because I want them to fe how they’re making Mexican Americans feel — exactly.

He doesn’t even know he himself is. Opportunistic chameleon.

The thing that matters most to me is the display of an immaturity and unserious nature that belong no where near the level of power, second in line to the to the top. Not that his boss or the rest of the GOP are any better. There are no adults in the room and that should scare us all. The United States is governed by childish schoolyard bullies. It’s an unserious place and it’s falling in its place in the world is understandable, in fact deserved.

JD Vance is a developmentally arrested closet case with a personality disorder, who never processed his abusive childhood. It's so obvious from every action, statement and story about him. It's why he delights in punching down, always. He's a sadist because just beneath the surface he's a scared little boy and he's terrified people will figure that out. Pathetic, loathesome cretin. A walking example of the toxicity of the closet.

Just start calling him Vivian Vance or Vice President Maybelline.

Wouldn't it be nice if this was the worst thing the US faced in 2025?

Evil Garbage Pail kid.

Jaydine needs to go back to what he does best: COUCH FUCKING!

This couch fucker needs a good punch in the face.