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Vance Blames L.A. Violence on California Democrats and Disparages Padilla

Vice President JD Vance said during a Los Angeles stop that Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass had encouraged protesters to engage in violence. He also criticized Senator Alex Padilla and called him by the wrong name.

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Vice President JD Vance at a press event outside a federal mobile command center in Los Angeles on Friday.
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