Sen. Alex Padilla insisted the vice president knows his name, calling the misnaming a reflection of a "petty and unserious" administration. The dustup arrives as federal immigration raids continue to roil Los Angeles and surrounding communities.

He accused Padilla of engaging in “political theater” during a June 12 incident that saw him handcuffed and removed from a Los Angeles press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Vance, who met some of the 700 U.S. Marines and 4,000 National Guard troops recently deployed to Los Angeles by President Donald Trump, also accused the Democratic leaders of failing to support local law enforcement.

Watch live coverage as Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks during a visit to Los Angeles, where clashes between protesters and law enforcement officials have become a focal point of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.

In the fog of jurisdictional war, the legal battle between Donald Trump & Gavin Newsom over troops on the ground the streets in Los Angeles took a judicial pause today Just hours after an Appeals Court shut down the California Governor’s attempt to obtain a temporary restraining order on POTUS’ control of National Guard troops,