JD Vance Is Trump’s Spiro Agnew

He didn’t allow California media in the press conference because they would have called out his “Jose Padilla” gaffe, for starters https://t.co/ZD9AIjQloW

— Carla ‘Bluechecked’ Marinucci (@cmarinucci) June 21, 2025

To recap, @JDVance:

1. Came to LA to raise money but added a political photo op where he accused California's Senator of theater while whining about protests that ended a week ago and meeting with troops who are being forced to stay in LA with nothing to do

2. Got… https://t.co/rRDEreuCz1

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) June 21, 2025

2. Got @SenAlexPadilla's name wrong despite serving in the Senate with the man for the entire time he was there

3. Refused to take questions from any California journalists

Nailed it!

The vice president, who served with Alex Padilla for two years overlapping in the Senate, calls him “José”: https://t.co/0K2tW92e0s

— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) June 21, 2025

Aren’t they all “Jose”?

Vance goes all the way out to CA for a photo op stunt and calls their latino US senator “Jose” when his name is Alex. He sure did make headlines, maybe not the ones he had in mind. Another masterful performance.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 20, 2025

On second thought, maybe he’s Trump’s Dan Quayle.

Vance: I had a Diet Mountain Dew yesterday and one today. I'm sure they will call that racist. pic.twitter.com/z3ra8Y5F2f

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 22, 2024

No. He’s just his own racist asshole.

“He must have mixed up two people who have broken the law," responds @VPPressSec. https://t.co/0uWSmDvsfc

— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) June 20, 2025

Seriously.