Padilla fires back at Vance for calling him ‘Jose’: ‘He knows my name’

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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) chided Vice President JD Vance on Saturday morning after Vance referred to the California senator as “Jose” during a press conference in Los Angeles on Friday evening. 

Vance’s remark and the ensuing backlash are the latest squabble in the long-running conflict between the Trump administration and California Democrats as tension mounts over President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration in Los Angeles and throughout the country.

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