Vice President J.D. Vance confused California State Senator Alex Padilla with a man convicted of aiding terrorists in an embarrassing flub at a press conference in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon.

During remarks in Los Angeles on Friday, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance called California Sen. Alex Padilla “José,” and now the senator is responding by calling the incident “a petty slight.” The vice president had been responding to a question from a member of the media requesting a comment on Trump’s immigration crackdown when he

Vice President JD Vance visited Los Angeles on Friday to meet with federal, state and local officials about immigration raids that have roiled the city, as well as attending a high-dollar GOP fundraiser.