{"id":2450079,"date":"2025-06-20T22:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T02:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-dismisses-padilla-theater-calls-him-jose-in-the-process\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T22:58:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T02:58:05","slug":"vance-dismisses-padilla-theater-calls-him-jose-in-the-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-dismisses-padilla-theater-calls-him-jose-in-the-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance dismisses Padilla &#8216;theater,&#8217; calls him &#8216;Jose&#8217; in the process"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-dismisses-padilla-theater-calls-him-jose-in-the-process%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2450079&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a recent visit to los Angeles, Vice President JD Vance criticized Senator Alex Padilla, referring to him incorrectly as &#8220;Jose Padilla,&#8221; wich sparked controversy. Vance dismissed what he termed &#8220;political theater&#8221; from Padilla and other Democrats, suggesting they seek media attention for their actions regarding immigration policies. He expressed that their behaviors are merely grandstanding for left-wing groups, rather than addressing serious issues like drug and sex trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>The mix-up in names drew attention because &#8220;jose Padilla&#8221; is a known terrorist, which Vance&#8217;s spokesperson claimed was just a mistake. Though, Governor gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass interpreted the error as racially motivated, emphasizing that Vance should have known Padilla&#8217;s name as they served together in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Vance defended his stance by criticizing the actions of local officials, suggesting that their responses to recent protests against ICE made law enforcement&#8217;s job more arduous, leading to the deployment of National Guards and Marines for support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">JD Vance dismisses Padilla &lsquo;theater,&rsquo; calls him by the wrong name in the process<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2153765\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"JD Vance\">JD Vance<\/a> dismissed the &ldquo;political theater&rdquo; of Sen. Alex Padilla in Los Angeles earlier this month, as well as that of his fellow Democrats. During the process, however, he got the name of his former Senate colleague wrong, referring to him as &ldquo;Jose Padilla.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance visited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Los Angeles\">Los Angeles<\/a> for the first time since anti-ICE protests broke out in the city earlier this month, speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">law enforcement officers<\/a> and Marines sent to the state. After a brief address, Vance was asked about several Democratic lawmakers being detained after confronting federal officials, specifically Padilla, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3440078\/sen-padilla-forcibly-removed-noem-press-conference-in-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"who was ejected\">who was ejected<\/a> from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem&rsquo;s press conference after interrupting it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3449128\/hhs-california-gender-ideology-sex-education-program\/\">HHS demands California eliminate &#8216;all gender ideology references&#8217; in sex education program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3449244\/trump-gabbard-iran-wrong-nuclear-bomb-intelligence\/\">Trump says Tulsi Gabbard &#8216;wrong&#8217; on Iran nuclear bomb intelligence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3449000\/biden-administration-federal-employees-remote-work-abuse\/\">Watchdog finds Biden administration &#8216;abuse&#8217; of remote work policies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President JD Vance speaks during a visit to the Wilshire Federal Building Friday, June 20, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I was hoping Jose Padilla would be here to ask a question, but unfortunately, I guess he decided not to show up because there wasn&rsquo;t the theater, and that&rsquo;s all it is, you know, I think everybody realizes that&rsquo;s what this is. It&rsquo;s pure political theater,&rdquo; Vance answered.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: Vice President JD Vance refers to Senator Alex Padilla as &#8220;Jose Padilla&#8221; during his visit to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The comment comes as Padilla has been showing off his acting skills in the media following his stunt at Kristi Noem&#8217;s press conference last week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was hoping&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T6zdHXgAxu\">pic.twitter.com\/T6zdHXgAxu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1936198204728787251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He went on to allege that Democrats &ldquo;want to be captured on camera doing something&rdquo; in order to tell left-wing groups they stood up to Trump or border enforcement. In reality, they&rsquo;re only standing up for drug and sex traffickers, he argued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So I think these guys, we ought to laugh them out of the building. We ought to call them out for doing what they&rsquo;re doing, which is grandstanding,&rdquo; Vance continued.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first part of his answer that caught people&rsquo;s attention when he misidentified Padilla. Jose Padilla is a famous terrorist who was arrested in Chicago in 2002 for allegedly plotting a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >dirty bomb attack<\/a>. He&rsquo;s currently held at ADX Florence in Colorado, the U.S.&rsquo;s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navalny-speaks-about-faith-in-god-after-russian-court-rejects-his-appeal\/\" title=\"Navalny Speaks About Faith In God After Russian Court Rejects His Appeal\">high-security prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Vance spokesman Taylor Van Kirk told NBC News that &ldquo;he must have mixed up two people who have broken the law&rdquo; when asked about why he called Sen. Padilla &ldquo;Jose.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) was quick to imply that the mixup was racially motivated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;JD Vance served with Alex Padilla in the United States Senate. Calling him &lsquo;Jose Padilla&rsquo; is not an accident,&rdquo; he said in a post on X. Vance and Padilla overlapped in the Senate for two years.<\/p>\n<p>At her own press conference later that evening, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fumed over the mixup.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You don&rsquo;t know his name, but yet you served with him before you were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>, 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,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;How dare you disrespect him and call him Jos&eacute;, but I guess he just looked like anybody to you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3448537\/vance-federal-officers-marines-in-la-anti-ice-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"VANCE TO SPEAK WITH FEDERAL OFFICERS, MARINES IN LA AFTER ANTI-ICE RIOTS\">VANCE TO SPEAK WITH FEDERAL OFFICERS, MARINES IN LA AFTER ANTI-ICE RIOTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vance has been critical of Bass and Newsom, arguing that the deployment of about 6,100 National Guard troops and 700 Marines was needed due to state and local officials&rsquo; inaction.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What happened here was a tragedy. You had people who were doing the simple job of enforcing the law and they had rioters &mdash; egged on by the governor and the mayor &mdash; making it harder for them to do their job. That is disgraceful and it is why the President has responded so forcefully,&rdquo; he said, condemning &ldquo;violent agitators.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2153765\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2153765\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JD Vance criticizes Padilla&#8217;s &#8220;theater,&#8221; misnames him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2450080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vance-Los-Angeles.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[57611,22861,32171,6334,15469],"class_list":["post-2450079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-name-calling-2","tag-padilla","tag-political-commentary","tag-theater","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vance-Los-Angeles.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450079"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450083,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450079\/revisions\/2450083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2450080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}