WASHINGTON – Sen. Alex Padilla had strong words for JD Vance after the vice president erroneously referred to the Democrat as "José."
"He knows my name," Padilla said on MSNBC's "The Weekend" on June 21. The comments, Padilla went on, were "just an indicator of how petty and unserious this administration is."
Padilla was the first Latino elected to the U.S. Senate from the state of California.
Vance, who served with Padilla in the Senate, made the remark at a press conference the previous day during a trip to Los Angeles meant to defend the Trump administration's military response to protests over changes to immigration policies.
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