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VP JD Vance takes shots at Newsom, Bass over LA protests, ICE raids
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- Published on Jan 16, 2026
- Vice President JD Vance delivered remarks in Los Angeles after meeting with Marines in California amid ongoing immigration raids across the country.
Vance answered questions from reporters about the administration's immigration enforcement and casted blame on local leaders - like CA Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass.
Vance said Newsom and Bass are endangering the lives of law enforcement and need to "stop this craziness."
"So first of all, to set the table, we have a public official in Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who over the past few years have actively encouraged illegal migration into this community, have strained public services, have strained law enforcement, and really have offered generous benefits not to American citizens, but to illegal immigrants, to break the law, to come into our country and to receive generous public assistance for having done so," he added.
When asked a question about whether the administration is cracking down on Democrats, Vance took a jab at California Sen. Alex Padilla referring to him as Jose Padilla.
"Well, I was hoping Jose Padilla would be here to ask a question. But unfortunately, I guess he decided not to show up because there wasn't the theater. And that's all it is. You know, I think everybody realizes that's what this is. It's pure political theater. 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 stated.
The current situation in Los Angeles stems from protests against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement, which led President Donald Trump to order the National Guard to Los Angeles earlier in June to aid law enforcement.
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Thank you Vice President JD Vance and to our military who keep California people safe. Gruesome & Bass has to go! They didn’t do their job.. a disgrace to California!
They both are in LaLa land!!
@CJad-no2kf Bass is Hispanic.
Yes!! VP VANCE 👏👊🇺🇸🇺🇸👊
Pay us to help we can
JD is fierce and not to be messed with because he can destroy any stupid unAmerican ideology with beautiful and factual and intelligent answers!
He will not be talked over by the activist disguised as journalists. Like bla bla Walters. Takes after Trump in many ways. Calls a cheap shot out right away.
it takes stupid to beat stupid .....
Let citizens help
That must be the military coming out of him.
Rebecca- soooo on spot!!!! Soooo very “logically” INTELLIGENT!!!!
Tysm vice president Vance. We the people are behind you.
Please get rid of Bass and Newsome. Majority want them gone. Most have gone red with common sense.
Majority wants Newsom as president. Go wash the dishes Linda.
@davidreynolds6099lol maybe your right but democrats dont practice democracy and you didnt have a primary and Kamala was the candidate not from being elected but being chosen.
@davidreynolds6099 I'm so grateful that the majority of American voters aren't stupid like you. Whew, we dodged a bullet!
@jstins Democrats sound desperate, butt-hurt, deranged, and stupid when they whine about Trump's deportations. It was just fine when Obama deported millions of illegals. Bill Clinton deported 12 million illegals, and 92% of them had no formal proceeding. But, when President Trump deports, it's time to whine and moan. 🤦♀️
@davidreynolds...
Extremely disrespectful.
America first Please
try telling that to the 🤥's
You don’t even live on the US. Mind your business
@XtinaB74 MAGA 🇺🇲👍
Agree
@XtinaB74If you are ANTI AMERICAN you don't deserve anything from the United States , EVEN if you are a citizen,if you don't protect the United States citizens you don't deserve anything either.
Thank you VPJD Vance , we , Californians need your help , please save California ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤USA
Yes! Sir please help California,here is a disaster very bad administration.We need help,the old people are dying.
Thank you Mr.Vice President! Thank you for keeping her city safe
Pay us to help we can
@starsayittwiceexactly 💯
Thank you Vice President JD Vance for everything you do for us 👍
Pay Americans to help fight
Nice to hear from a real vice president
Right! Kamala was an absolute joke
Kamala can't handle nothing 😢
She put black men in prison for weed, used them for free labor, then cackled about smoking weed
@maureencarr242 spot on, and no one cared. The only People that called her out for it voted Red.
@seanmiller5591exactly
Thank You JD Vance for speaking truth this people need to be run out of office they have ruined this state 😮
JD! The next President!
Yes!
Hell no, he’s an idiot, He won’t know what to do without Trump…..wait a minute didn’t Trump say if he could not get a third term he will tell JD exactly what to do?
@marciacollom566 no, that's ridiculous. He is his own man and finally we have a great vice president.
I truly hope so.
@marciacollom566 I am assuming you think Kamala and Joe were on top of their game then. So, it is clear who the idiots are
Louder and crystal clear from VP. Vance.🙏🏼👍💪❤️🇺🇸
How is it governor newsome and Karen bass not arrested.
I'd like the answer to that too. Put newsome in jail. He is obstructing justice & inciting violence. He's a criminal. I loathe that man.
Thank you Vice President Vance. We need clarity and order in California.
Yes California and the whole country needs clarification and (law and) order.
We need to bring back LAW and ORDER to the streets and clarify that thugs running around falsely posing as police walking up to random people demanding to to see papers with NO warrants and NO badges will not be tolerated and call a fascist a fascist.
@petergould9174 🥱 you guys call anything you don’t agree with “fascist” we don’t even listen to you idiots anymore. Keep yelling your nonsense at families driving in teslas. Keep driving normal people away from you radical looney toons. 👍🏼
Amen you shure do
@petergould9174 La CA needs all immagrites shipped back to there own countries isis musslimes car deals terriest and samolliyans terriest all need to be shipped back to there own countries jd Vance will newsome needs to be fired and arrested
@petergould9174 go back to sleep little buddy.
Remove Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass from office now. Right now!!!
I didn't vote these POS for office...deal with it!
We will never get rid of them until we STOP the rigged elections.
RECALL !!!
And put them both in prison
@lindadixon793 I don't think we will ever see that show. 🤬
🙏🇺🇲🙏🌎🙏✌️🙏
Exactly why Gavin and Bass should be put in jail.
Amen Vice President Vance, speaks the Truth, and that's our prayers to have a Vice President Vance stand up and enforce the Law. ❤ ✊️🇺🇸
JD is awesome. In addition to being so well spoken he really makes me feel an older brother out there fighting for us. JD Rocks! 🦅🇺🇲😎👍🏽
MAKING CALIFORNIA GREAT AGAIN 💪🫡❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸
AMEN!!
Amen!!!!
Calexit!
Let's first make CA safe again
Thank you Mr Vice President!!👏👏🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Great speaker, VP JD Vance! I'm so impressed by your delivery. I'm so glad that you are standing up for the law enforcements. They need your voice and your strength.
The USA needs you. Please stay humble. The people need you.
Vote out Newsome and Bass and save your state!! MCGA (Make California great again)
We’re trying believe me! But we need trumps help! He must change laws no sanctuary period! And set term limits for both mayors and governors to 2 years maximum period!!! He also must make grewsom step down or go to prison for all the crap he’s done to our California!!! Trump needs to help us!!! 🙄😡
We’re trying hard & made some progress. But the Dems here in Cali have rigged the electoral system so it’s practically impossible. But we’re not giving up. The last presidential elections results in Cali prove it.
NO MORE NEWSOM AND DEMOCRATS!
Ok- tell China to stop printing ballots on rice paper and making fake drivers liscences !!!
@sandracontreras5417he was chosen. You got the military !!! Ots the only way. Q.
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸VP Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio 2028
A great ticket for success as President and VP! They are both young, intelligent, well spoken people. Tulsi Gabbard for our first female president someday. The Republicans have many strong, well qualified people to run for President. The Democrats have none. Fettermand is the best member in the Democratic party. He has the common sense that very few in his party have. AOC and Crockett might think they're great but for them to run a country - we should just surrender to China and save lives. Those two idiots haven't a clue about life or managing a business as large as the U. S. A. Government. I don't think they could manage their own family.
Real Californians appreciate the assistance from the brave servicemen from 29 Palms and Camp Pendleton! We Thank You!🙏🇺🇸✊🇺🇸✊🇺🇸✊🇺🇸🙏
🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
1000%
Never been LOUD AND CLEAR MESSAGE LIKE THIS BEFORE. Kudos to JD and Trump team. ❤
Seems I recall, Kamala Harris wanted to defund police...
JD Vance is absolutely right-law enforcement deserves full support, not sabotage from their own city leaders.
Yes well spoken nice to hear your voice
❤Truth. A great American city turned into a humongous GHETTO overnight. I used to live there. Everything Vance is saying is 💯!❤🎉❤❤❤
MEL GIBSON PLEASE STEP UP AND RUN FOR GOVENOR!!!! CALIFORNIANS NEED NEW LEADERS - ONES THAT CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND WILL RESTORE THE STATE TO THE GREATNESS IT USED TO BE!!!!
Former President Reagan and current President Trump are neither politicians nor lawyers, but they care about the country and help the people.
YES, MEL YOU FOR GOVERNOR PLEASE
Mel Gibson would be AWESOME for governor! YES, YES, YES!
That'd be way cool. WAY COOL...
An alcoholic
I think J D Vance is a brilliant communicator he best VP in my lifetime
Agree with you 💯👌
Absolutely the first non idiot vice president in my lifetime. Kamala harris has to be the worst, dan quale the second vice president ever. The only thing I don't agree with what Vince said is he said l?A was a great city.It's not a great city , it's a shithole
I like his wife and kid too. He def. has skin in the game.
Let us help pay us
Thank you VP Vance !!!!!! Speaking with intelligence and poise !!!! We NEED better in California!!!! As a WHOLE. Get Newsom and Bass gone asap!!
Do all of the bots have that in the script?
@bhuddy1832your mama does
@bhuddy1832
Keep pretending that we're bots.
@lucycarbajal9979 Keep pretending that Trump doesn't have dementia worse than Biden's.
@bhuddy1832okay can you speak English what the heck was that about
KEEP UP THE GREAT JOB YOU ARE DOING FOR " WE THE PEOPLE" !!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ LET'S STAY STRONG !! MEGA WILL WIN!!❤❤❤
I HAVE LEGITIMATE QUESTION. IS IT LEGAL TO RELIEVE A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL OF THEIR POSITION FOR DERELICTION OF DUTY.
Yes,it is . A few years ago I was living in Virginia and we got rid of the mayor. The people went through the governor who got rid of them. The California House of Representatives can get NEWSCUM out of there. Contact the Republican Party House of Representatives in Sacramento.😊
If it is newsom should be relieved if not imprisoned.
GREAT QUESTION!
Congressional vote only
Oh no, it's state representatives vote
I don’t understand how a governor like this can get away with it without being prosecuted charged and removed from office and I must insist the mayor as well is just as bad. I am so grateful we have a strong president and a strong vice president and I hope people would realize this, and they would start backing our law-enforcement so they can do their job without having to look over their backs.
He's Polosis nephew and California is corrupt.
Wow well heres a wake up call to YOU Your current president is no saint and if do your research you would know.
Awesome!!!❤
Stop the drugs
and the fireworks
Thank you for coming! The are not funding our police department! Thank you for the troops! It is true that Karen Bass has been allowing the bad guys to intimidate all of us! Yes, they are so organized they are sharing law enforcement is giving out home addresses of these officers! Thank you so much!
Gracias 🙏 JD Vance 💯🇺🇸
Very well said it Vice President ❤👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Speech from the heart no script required
... TRUMP/VANCE 🇱🇷♥️
Logic!!! Just plain old logic not common sense because not everybody has that he’s logical!!!!!!
Along with our president
Vance is learning fast and he'll get my vote in 2028 if he runs.
Agreed but I would expect VDS
Thank you for helping us in commiefornia. We're not all loons.
Say it from the mountains V PRESIDENT JD VANCE 🇺🇸♥️💯👍👍☮️✝️
I am very impressed!!! No word salad, without a teleprompter or a cheat sheet..👏👏👏
Thank you Mr. Vice President and WELCOME to CA.. 🥰
In Sincerity and Truth! Thank you Jesus!
CA PLEASE BRING THE RED WAVE ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
JD can be our next president
ở nước mỷ đất nước mỷ khong dùng chủ tịch ,Phó TT và thổng thống
gavin , go work for Panera for less than $20.09 an hour cleaning Toilets... Bring any nacy with you ..
Thanks for all your hard work
Love my California! Born and raised but my governor and mayor can pound sand!
JD VANCE did say it right. Protection be, to us Americans.❤❤❤ Thank you, VP VANCE
So proud to have a VP that has our best interests at heart and aligned with our President!!!! A great leader choose great team members! And this it one example!!!! Let’s go USA! Let’s go President Trump and Vice President Vance!!!! I am getting goose bumps and tears in my eyes listening to our Vice President of the USA!!!
JD Vance. A well spoken Vice President.❤❤🇺🇸🇺🇸
What a difference from the babbling puppet harris!!!
Our next president!
JD VANCE
Next president!
I can hope that he will run for the presidency. He has already shown his potential.
If your governor of the state and you don't do your job to protect your state you should at least be removed from office
Yep, just like the presidency right? 😅
@mrx1278no just like a criminal are you in favor of anarchy? These people are committing crimes they should be deported
@mrx1278if you're in this country illegally you should be deported
Absolutely. But the people of California are cowards.
@mrx1278 Protecting the USA is the Presidents main job. Number 1 above everything else
We want law and order, for our families, friends, and neighbors! Thank you, Mr. Vance!
Vance speaks very eloquently, and is a very intelligent person.
NO he doesn't. Every sentence is a lie.
You must be an illegal
Yes, he does not sit there and laugh and giggle and send out word salads and ha ha ha and laugh like a hyena. He is boots on the ground, ready to make a difference ready to fight ready to take this country to the next level with our great president TRUMP and turn it around. Look with the Democrats have done to us destroyed absolutely destroyed and another thing all this frigging racist garbage that’s going on stop it. No one cares. No one cares about your color or anything like that. What we do care about is the illegal aliens that do not belong in our country we all live here in Harmony why don’t some of you people go back and watch the making of the we are the world video and see how everyone can be united every color every person male female black white Asian Latino it did not matter. We need to do better and come together as one country one people and stop being so damn divided it’s horrible.
@lanslide41.Booo hooo.. Do you miss knee pad word salad Kamsltoe??
Bot generated remark, cause no real person talks like this
Thank you, JD Vance. We need Los Angeles to help us.
He is a lier just like you are
Maybe we don't want to help bigots
Great info Vance!
Speak the truth JD!!!!🙌🙌
Great energy Vice President JD Vance! Clear minded intelligence, way to go!
Sending ICE to pick up his wife and deport her to India 🇮🇳 ♥️
Hahaaahaa
He will make a fantastic President in 2028!!! 🇱🇷❤️🇱🇷❤️🇱🇷
@RockingChairRebelhahahahe is just another follower, not a leader
@RockingChairRebel pull your skirt up, your racism is showing !
THANK YOU VP VANCE & ALL FED Action for coming to L.A. CA. 🙏🇺🇲🎯
best VP in my life and its not even close
True story.
He did not do anything for the country, except being boo-ed away everywhere he shows up.
He is without a script here, all from his mind.🎉
he's a lying ass kissing idiot
Trump/Vance 🇱🇷♥️
Thr mind of Christ! Protecting Americans. Newsome led a failed coup and needs to be prosecuted.
It’s amazing. He’s the gem.
That's when you know they are truthfully and capable
Well done Mr Vice President....Britain could do with you!
Newsom and bass should be thrown out of office in locked up
As trumps approval rating falls
Totally agree 👍
Donold, already a convicted felon, goes first.
Absolutely 👍
@davehuber6949do you believe in that stupid polls ? If you do then you are dumb as the box of the rocks.
JD is a great advocate for trump and conservative. He is like a calm attack dog.
Like your analogy, “ calm attack dog!”
Glad we have real people like JD Vance to stand up!
Well said sir!!! ❤️🙏👏🏼
It's so refreshing to have a VP who actually works and doesn't talk like a word salad lush. High respect VP Vance
Haahahahaa
lol exactly they all can answer questions...refreshing after 4 yrs of gaslighting lies and word salads lol
He has already voted with the dems.😢
You mean like Trump's "weave"?
Trump/Vance...greatest choice ever...
Thank you Vice president JD Vance 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️
Thank you
Californian here we’re happy to have you here ❤❤❤❤❤
As long as they follow the process, I agree
Leader's protect their people@allenturner7983
Stop voting Democrat !!!
Hell ya
Seeing Tampoñ Tim debate JD would be hilarious.
Thank you Vice president thank you for your soport to talk to the people to California
VP JD VANCE IS THE BEST
THANK YOU SO MUCH for SAVING LA California
🇺🇸❤️🤍💙💯🇺🇸 Thank You Vice President Vance 👍❤️🤍💙🇺🇸
Amen ❤
It’s about dam time
Vice President Vance ,your amazing. Thank you so much.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Go Vance go !!
Ca needs your voice and action!!!
bro just blew Kamala's 4 years as a VP to pieces in a short opening speech
Oh yeah, ur absolutely right, JD BLOWS!
The New Yorker article is attached as requested by the future and hopefully we can dretu me the future and hopefully get back❤
Bass and Newsom should pay for all the damages!! Taxpayers shouldn't be have to pay for any damages! Bass and Newsom didn't stop any of the rioters!!
Rioters and damage didn't start until trump sent in the heavies. Then peaceful protests turned nasty. Vance is as big a truth twister as trump.
Tax payers have been paying for much more that newsom has let happen.
Your body his choice!
What damages did you suffer body?
@DantesInfernoh....
Ur body has probably been rode hard and put away wet so its all urs darlin
What a VP we have. He is so sharp and straight to the point. I like Vance.
He is Republican. That's a bonus. 😊
JD can run circles around these incompetents.
He will someday make a great President of the United States of America!
Agreed ❤
@peggymiller8128 No question…Anyone that runs against him will be wasting their time and money.. it’s refreshing..brilliant
Have the citizens call for the Governor and Mayor resignations
Beautifully said VP Vance !! Thank you both for keeping our country safer and secured!!
What he is NOT saying is, the Democrats for the last 4 years have attempted to illegally smuggle in future voters, at the expense of the citizens they have abandoned, in order to replace those citizen voters with those they smuggled in. They are losing their minds these future voters are now being lawfully removed and they are violating laws to IMPEDE the federal government.
I love Vice President JD Vance and hope he will be our President one day!
Hell, they dont enforce State laws
They enforce laws that put money in their coffers ..thats it
Americans first 🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏
Thank you JD Vance for the recap and the encouragement!!!!!
No encouragement from a moron.
Local officials on the cartel payroll. Its apparently obvious selling out fellow Americans for illegal migration
Make this make sense. SMH 🤦🏿
JD IS ON POINT! WE NEED TO ELECT HIM IN 2028 TO CONTINUE WITH TRUMPS PROMISE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!
Too bad the GOP will not win another election with the bad job they have been doing! Financial strain on most business is the bottom line and back breaker. Regardless if you believe it or not or even accept it. Immigrants are the force of this country and that is why everyone can get by everyday!
Haahahahaa
I'd like to see a J.D Vance/ Byron Donalds ticket.
@dingodog69 that would be Dynamite!
Mark my words, JD WILL BE PRESIDENT IN 2028 !!
Love JD Vance ! He accurately described the problems and properly supported the law enforcement and military. Thank You for enforcing our law and not giving away our country to Illegal invaders.
Haaaahaaaa trump knee boy
And thank you for helping us!!!!
❤❤❤❤ Make America Great Again! Make California Great Again!
Never
Thank you ❤
Thank you Thank you Thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you vice President JD Vance!❤
Awesome JOB JD Vance!!
Thank you All law enforcement, NA Guard & Marines! Thank you to all that serve!!
Shame on you Gavin & Whatever the Mayors name is!! Both of you belong in prison!
THANK YOU TO ALL. MUCH RESPECT.
corrupt newsroom broke the law he should be in prison,
VP JD Vance is always giving a master class.
This man sounds like our next President 👏
I think Trump is grooming him to run in 2028 which I am hoping this will happen. He definitely will have my vote! Team Trump.🇺🇸🇺🇸
TRUMP/VANCE!!!
💪🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💪🏼
Absolutely JD Vance 2028
ABSOLUTELY PRESIDENTIAL! OUR COURAGEOUS COMMITTED VP JD!
Thanks J D aur next president ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Well said Vance. If the political leaders are the cause arrest them for not protecting the people.
I live here in Los Angeles and I was born in San Francisco. Everything is destroyed. My family is sending a big May Day. Thanks for coming.
total chaos and mayhem in those cities since the liberals did their thing.
THAT'S TOTAL BS. I live in LA, no riots, no nothing. Beautifully sunny day, clear skis, everyone going about their business.
@2Bluzinbs
Austin TX got it bad too. There’s George Floyd posters over plywood that covers buildings that used to be great. Homeless are so numerous that they have to power wash the sidewalks. The shelters require people to commit to rehab so none of the drug addicts go. There are social workers that go around handing things out to the homeless paid by the city. It’s as if they want the homeless there. I would take a break from work at 10am some days and walk down Congress Ave. and be the only person there who wasn’t homeless. One guy pushed me one day, i saw a guy throwing rocks another, a guy was fully nude dancing in the street another….I was in a grocery store on Congress and 8th and a lady came in yelling at the manager that ‘they don’t take care of her’ as if they were supposed to be her slaves. It’s all a terrible mind set that made me sick.
It's destroyed because of the Trump administration. Everything was fine before their stupid decisions
5:38 thank you to JD Vance, and to Trump for picking him as his VP
Haaahaaaa
He will make a fantastic President in 2028!!! 🇱🇷❤️🇱🇷❤️🇱🇷
@RockingChairRebel Unfortunately no chance against Newsom
You must be sick in the head, David Reynolds😢
@Turdferguson_rbit’s called trolling
The law says it is illegal to hinder, block or stop the operation of the government!
Thanks JD for comming to help out our state here in California,and call out our failed leaders like Gavin and Karen.
why are people voting these people in - are they legally voted in.