{"id":2450114,"date":"2025-06-21T08:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T12:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-arrives-in-los-angeles-slams-newsom-and-mayor-bass-for-allowing-open-season-on-law-enforcement\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T08:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T12:02:56","slug":"jd-vance-arrives-in-los-angeles-slams-newsom-and-mayor-bass-for-allowing-open-season-on-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-arrives-in-los-angeles-slams-newsom-and-mayor-bass-for-allowing-open-season-on-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance Arrives in Los Angeles, Slams Newsom and Mayor Bass for Allowing \u2018Open Season&#8217; on Law Enforcement\u2019"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fjd-vance-arrives-in-los-angeles-slams-newsom-and-mayor-bass-for-allowing-open-season-on-law-enforcement%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=2450114&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>Vice President JD Vance recently visited Los Angeles, where he criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for allegedly inciting violent immigration protests.During his remarks, vance referenced U.S. Senator Alex Padilla using a derogatory name, wich drew backlash from Padilla&#8217;s spokesperson, who urged Vance to focus on demilitarizing the city rather than making personal attacks. Vance asserted that the unrest was exacerbated by the officials&#8217; policies,calling their actions &#8220;disgraceful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>newsom&#8217;s office denied Vance&#8217;s claims, asserting that the governor has always condemned violence, while Bass labeled Vance&#8217;s statements as fabrications and argued that their administration maintained peace. Vance&#8217;s visit came after a week of escalating tensions and protests linked to federal immigration raids, during which Trump deployed military personnel to Los Angeles, claiming the action was necessary to prevent chaos. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >political discourse highlighted ongoing divisions<\/a> concerning immigration enforcement and local governance.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance on Friday accused California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of encouraging violent immigration protests as he used his appearance in Los Angeles to rebut criticism from state and local officials that the Trump administration fueled the unrest by sending in federal officers.<\/p>\n<p>Vance also referred to U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, the state&rsquo;s first Latino senator, as &ldquo;Jose Padilla,&rdquo; a week after the Democrat was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/alex-padilla-noem-immigration-protest-california-f67d220a0254473c53c16aa96f554239\">forcibly taken to the ground<\/a> by officers and handcuffed after speaking out during a Los Angeles news conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-crackdown-us-protests-049a611d47d0fc7656731e4f4c714e93\">immigration raids<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was hoping Jose Padilla would be here to ask a question,&rdquo; Vance said, in an apparent reference to the altercation at Noem&rsquo;s event. &ldquo;I guess he decided not to show up because there wasn&rsquo;t a theater. And that&rsquo;s all it is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They want to be able to go back to their far-left groups and to say, &lsquo;Look, me, I stood up against border enforcement. I stood up against Donald Trump,&rsquo;&rdquo; Vance added.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Padilla, Tess Oswald, noted in a social media post that Padilla and Vance were formerly colleagues in the Senate and said that Vance should know better. &ldquo;He should be more focused on demilitarizing our city than taking cheap shots,&rdquo; Oswald said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Vance&rsquo;s visit to Los Angeles to tour a multiagency Federal Joint Operations Center and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-living-in-a-dystopian-future-san-francisco-police-introduce-policy-granting-robots-a-license-to-kill\/\" title=\"\u2018We Are Living In A Dystopian Future:\u2019 San Francisco Police Introduce Policy Granting Robots A License To Kill\">mobile command center<\/a> came as demonstrations calmed down in the city and a curfew was lifted this week. That followed over a week of sometimes-violent clashes between protesters and police and outbreaks of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/photo-gallery\/photos-los-angeles-curfew-protests-ice-d33ce8a2de279fea5a9c760c2e6240c0\">vandalism<\/a> and looting that followed immigration raids across Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s dispatching of his top emissary to Los Angeles at a time of turmoil surrounding the Israel-Iran war and the U.S.&rsquo;s future role in it signals the political importance Trump places on his hardline immigration policies. Vance echoed the president&rsquo;s harsh rhetoric toward California Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass, by treating the city as a sanctuary city, have basically said that this is open season on federal law enforcement,&rdquo; Vance said after he toured federal immigration enforcement offices.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What happened here was a tragedy,&rdquo; Vance added. &ldquo;You had people who were doing the simple job of enforcing the law and they had rioters egged on by the governor and the mayor, making it harder for them to do their job. That is disgraceful. And it is why the president has responded so forcefully.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Newsom&rsquo;s spokesperson Izzy Gardon said in a statement, &ldquo;The Vice President&rsquo;s claim is categorically false. The governor has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/limbaugh-the-lefts-ongoing-campaign-to-denigrate-trump-supporters\/\" title=\"LIMBAUGH: The Left\u2019s Ongoing Campaign To Denigrate ... Supporters\">consistently condemned violence<\/a> and has made his stance clear.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at City Hall, Bass said Vance was &ldquo;spewing lies and utter nonsense.&rdquo; She said hundreds of millions of dollars were wasted by the federal government on a &ldquo;stunt.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How dare you say that city officials encourage violence? We kept the peace,&rdquo; Bass said.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on X, Newsom responded to Vance&rsquo;s reference to &ldquo;Jose Padilla,&rdquo; saying the comment was no accident.<\/p>\n<p>Jose Padilla also is the name of a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/4c00f3c26d8b496896d253dbb936d3aa\">convicted<\/a> al-Qaida terrorism plotter during President George W. Bush&rsquo;s administration, who was sentenced to two decades in prison. Padilla was arrested in 2002 at Chicago&rsquo;s O&rsquo;Hare International Airport during the tense months after the 9\/11 attacks and accused of the &ldquo;dirty bomb&rdquo; mission. It later emerged through U.S. interrogation of other al-Qaida suspects that the &ldquo;mission&rdquo; was only a sketchy idea, and those claims never surfaced in the South Florida terrorism case.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the outrage, Taylor Van Kirk, a spokesperson for Vance, said of the vice president: &ldquo;He must have mixed up two people who have broken the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Federal immigration authorities have been ramping up arrests across the country to fulfill Trump&rsquo;s promise of mass deportations. Todd Lyons, the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has defended his tactics against criticism that authorities are being too heavy-handed.<\/p>\n<p>The friction in Los Angeles began June 6, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-dozen-former-fbi-agents-break-silence-on-the-state-of-the-bureau\/\" title=\"12 ex-FBI agents speak out on agency&#039;s condition.\">federal agents conducted<\/a> a series of immigration sweeps in the region that have continued since. Amid the protests and over the objections of state and local officials, Trump ordered the deployment of roughly 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to the second-largest U.S. city, home to 3.8 million people.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has said that without the military&rsquo;s involvement, Los Angeles &ldquo;would be a crime scene like we haven&rsquo;t seen in years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Newsom has <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-gavin-newsom-california-immigration-protests-a6467fcd3fa66c945ac7c15c40362972\">depicted<\/a> the military intervention as the onset of a much broader effort by Trump to overturn political and cultural norms at the heart of the nation&rsquo;s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Friday, Newsom urged Vance to visit victims of the deadly January wildfires while in Southern California and talk with Trump, who earlier this week suggested his feud with the governor might influence his consideration of $40 billion in federal wildfire aid for California. &ldquo;I hope we get that back on track,&rdquo; Newsom wrote on X. &ldquo;We are counting on you, Mr. Vice President.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance did not mention either request during his appearance on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has not reviewed this Associated Press story prior to publication. Therefore, it may contain editorial bias or may in some other way not meet our normal editorial standards. 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