JD Vance calls Alex Padilla “Jose,”

What? ....

LOS ANGELES - Vice President JD Vance referred to Sen. Alex Padilla as "Jose" Padilla when asked about Democratic lawmakers being handcuffed during Friday afternoon's news conference in Los Angeles. The vice president was in Southern California discussing the recent unrest concerning immigration protests, National Guard deployment, and ICE enforcement.

A reporter asked Vance to comment on the Trump administration's alleged "crackdown" on Democrats. Vance responded that he'd hoped "Jose Padilla" would be present at the conference to ask a question, but "decided not to show up because there wasn't a theatre."

"Pure, political theatre. These guys show up, they want to be captured on camera doing something. They want to be able to go back to their far-left groups and to say 'Look, me, I stood up against border enforcement,'" Vance answered.

It's unclear if the mistake was intentional or not.

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/jd-vance-calls-sen-alex-padilla-jose

Jose Padilla sounds more natural, probably an honest mistake. .If it was intentional, that'd be AWESOME.