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US senator Alex Padilla criticizes ‘petty’ JD Vance for calling him ‘Jose’

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JD Vance referred to California US senator Alex Padilla by the name of a terrorist conspirator in an interview with MSNBC ’s The Weekend on Saturday .

Padilla was forcibly removed from a news conference 12 days ago amid anti-immigration protests in Los Angeles .

The Republican 's comments drew backlash from Democrats , prompting a spokesperson for Vance to say that the vice-president “must have mixed up two people who broke the law”.