{"id":1317,"date":"2025-06-21T04:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T04:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1317\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T04:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T04:00:12","slug":"vice-president-jd-vance-rips-newsom-bass-and-mocks-padilla-during-l-a-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1317\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President JD Vance rips Newsom, Bass and mocks Padilla during L.A. visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vice President JD Vance on Friday castigated Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, arguing that the elected leaders are endangering the lives of law enforcement officers because of their opposition to federal immigration raids in Los Angeles and surrounding communities.<\/p>\n<p>Vance, while meeting with federal, state and local officials in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon, justified President Trump\u2019s decision to seize control of California National Guard troops from Newsom and deploy them in Los Angeles, a decision that triggered a<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2025-06-19\/9th-circuit-court-of-appeals-rules-on-los-angeles-military-deployment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> legal battle between state and federal <\/a>officials.<\/p>\n<p>          <video playsinline=\"playsinline\" preload=\"none\" title=\"Vice President JD Vance rips Newsom, Bass and mocks Padilla during visit to Los Angeles\" data-video-id=\"00000197-9089-d88c-a5b7-f4ab4b860000\">               <\/video>                 <img class=\"image\" alt=\"\"   width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1750478412_772_\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>               <\/p>\n<ul data-element=\"action-bar-menu\" class=\"flex gap-2 list-none  absolute w-full h-10 top-0\">\n<li data-element=\"action-bar-share\" class=\"flex  w-full h-10 top-0 lg:items-center lg:justify-center \">\n<p> Share via     Close extra sharing options  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened here was a tragedy,\u201d Vance told reporters. \u201cYou had people who were doing the simple job of enforcing the law, and you had rioters, egged on by the governor and the mayor, making it harder for them to do their job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Newsom and Bass have criticized the immigration raids, which led to protests and sporadic violent attacks against law enforcement officials, both have repeatedly urged demonstrators to remain peaceful. <\/p>\n<p>Bass, who  was not invited to meet with Vance, dismissed his description of what has unfolded in Los Angeles over the last two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, the vice president did not take time to learn about our city and understand that our city is a city of immigrants from every country and continent on the planet,\u201d Bass said at a news conference Friday evening. \u201cBut then again, he did need to justify the hundreds of millions of wasted taxpayer dollars that were wasted in the performance of a stunt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow dare you say that city officials encourage violence,\u201d Bass said. \u201cWe kept the peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsom weighed in repeatedly on the social media platform X, notably about Vance calling Sen. Alex Padilla \u201cJose\u201d during his remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Padilla 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 week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was hoping Jose Padilla would be here to ask a question, but unfortunately I guess he decided not to show up because there wasn\u2019t a theater, and that\u2019s all it is,\u201d Vance said. <\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Padilla responded that Vance, as a former colleague of Padilla in the U.S. Senate, \u201cknows better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe should be more focused on demilitarizing our city than taking cheap shots,\u201d spokesperson Tess Oswald posted on X. \u201cAnother unserious comment from an unserious administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vance\u2019s visit to Los Angeles, which lasted less than five hours,  coincided with the Republican National Committee\u2019s annual summer retreat taking place in Beverly Hills. Tickets to a fundraiser at the Four Seasons that Vance appeared at cost up to $445,000, according to NOTUS, a nonprofit news group.<\/p>\n<p>Vance landed at LAX around 1:35 p.m. and toured the Federal Building Command Center, an FBI Mobile Command Center that is being used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He was briefed by officials from the Department of Defense, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Los Angeles Police Department and the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters traveling with the vice president were told they not allowed to cover Vance\u2019s meetings with officials there because the facility contained classified information. Vance was also scheduled to meet with Marines during his visit.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit with federal officials, Vance called Newsom\u2019s and Bass\u2019 actions during the protests \u201cdisgraceful,\u201d referred to the actions as \u201criots\u201d and said that was why Trump decided to deploy troops from the California National Guard. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to remember that the day that the riots started, before there was ever a single national guardsman, before the president of the United States had sent in additional resources, you had law enforcement officers that were being captured and beaten by a violent mob, egged on by Gavin Newsom and other officials,\u201d Vance  told reporters at the command center. \u201cIt was necessary to send in the National Guard to stop that process to bring some order back to this great city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vice president attended the fundraiser in Beverly Hills, and was aloft in Air Force Two shortly after 6 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>Newsom has repeatedly criticized the federal raids, saying they violated Trump\u2019s vow to target violent, criminal immigrants, but also urged Californians protesting the actions to do so peacefully and said those who engaged in lawlessness would be arrested. <\/p>\n<p>During protests in downtown Los Angeles, federal agents stood guard around federal buildings that were the focus of protesters. Los Angeles police officers, as well as officers from other local police agencies and the California Highway Patrol, responded in large numbers and repeatedly moved demonstrators away from National Guard troops pushing the crowds to undulate across downtown\u2019s civic center. <\/p>\n<p>Standing next to Bill A. Essayli, U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, and FBI Assistant Director Akil Davis, Vance defended the deployment of Marines and National Guard troops in Los Angeles. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re here, that\u2019s why these guys are standing beside me,\u201d Vance said. \u201cThat\u2019s why we have close to 5,000 soldiers and Marines from the Department of Defense. It\u2019s because we\u2019ve got to enforce the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The visit comes as California and federal officials battle in court over control of the California National Guard. Trump federalized the troops over the objections of Newsom and sent them to L.A. after immigration raids sparked protests. <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals kept control of the troops in Trump\u2019s hands while the issue is litigated in federal court. On Friday, a federal judge in San Francisco asked attorneys for the federal and state governments to submit briefs by noon on Monday about the Posse Comitatus Act, which largely prohibits the use of federal military forces in civilian law enforcement, and the length of time the California National Guard is under control of the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta has vowed to continue fighting the Trump administration over the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The clash has left Newsom and officials in the Trump administration trading barbs in interviews and social media. Vance   did not meet with the highest elected officials of the country\u2019s most populous state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re always open to working together \u2014 which makes it all the more disappointing that the White House chose not to engage with us directly ahead of the visit,\u201d a statement from the governor\u2019s office read. \u201cWe\u2019ve yet to receive any official notice of the Vice President\u2019s trip \u2014 which, from what we understand, is focused on a high-dollar fundraiser.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsom later released a <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1936147194421326191\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a> on X, addressing Vance directly and urging the vice president to meet with victims of the Palisades and Altadena fires. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been months now since some of the most devastating wildfires in U.S. history occurred \u2014 tens of thousands of lives completely torn asunder,\u201d Newsom said in the video. \u201cI hope you have an opportunity to spend some quality time with some of the victims of the families in the Palisades and also spend some time in Altadena, which is incredibly important.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Newsom also urged Vance to speak with Trump about comments the president made <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TWk-jjYpwiM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier this week<\/a>, suggesting he would cut disaster relief for the fires because of the ongoing feud with Newsom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s honestly important as well, and I honestly mean this, that you sit down with the president of the United States, who just a couple of days ago suggested that these American citizens may not get the support that other citizens get all across this country in terms of disaster relief,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cI hope we get that back on track. We\u2019re counting on you, Mr. Vice President.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Times staff writer Julia Wick and Dave Zahniser contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vice President JD Vance on Friday castigated Gov. 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