José Padilla was convicted on charges of supporting al Qaeda after he was initially accused of planning a “dirty bomb” attack in the U.S. He was eventually sentenced to 21 years in prison.
JD Vance bashed Democrats at the state, local and national levels Friday during his visit to Los Angeles, accusing top California officials of encouraging violent protesters and Sen. Alex Padilla, whom he referred to as “José Padilla,” of engaging in “political theater.”
“I was hoping José 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,” Vance said. “It’s pure political theater. These guys show up. They want to be captured on camera doing something.”
Vance’s comments referred to an incident last week in which federal law enforcement agents handcuffed Padilla after he interrupted a news conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Padilla was forcibly removed from the event but not arrested.
Something something Jose Padilla was a Spanish DJ who did the first Cafe del Mar compilation album. Also, JD Vance is a cunt.
Isn’t this pure political theater by vance?
Would’ve been awesome if Jose Padilla did step in to respond with that rad chillout track Adios Ayer.
Ok, couch fucker.
BJ Dance
Does he wear eye liner?
Trump has fueled a complete lack of decorum in politics. This sort of name calling is childish and unbecoming of the office. I watched Howard Dean yell “BYAA” as a meme and lost any chance at the presidency. Dan Quayle misspelled potato and lost his chances. Now, the vice president can just openly mock people, in a straight racist fashion, and this guy walks around as a “Christian.” Christ would be appalled by this administration.
I hate that the bar is so low for some of the highest in society.
Come on now, you seriously think it’s worth anybody’s time to talk about this idea that Christianity has anything to do with dignified or kind behavior?
Stop pretending. See it for what it is.
For some of us, I suppose those of us who accidentally took the NT serious, it’s supposed to. It’s part of why I left the church.
It has to do with Vance, who reports one thing & acts the opposite. I know this is mostly void screaming, but I’m sick of people like Vance who claim any sort of religious superiority while being completely ignorant to Jesus’ teachings. For decades, Republicans have been telling me to pray & read the Bible, and then I do, and they think it’s liberal talking points? If anything, these people are supposed to believe in Christ.
It’s nothing new, “Oo a politician lying.” But I guess I’m just frustrated personally.
Prayer is a religious pacifier. When I give my daughter a pacifier, literally nothing has changed about her situation, but she feels better when she has it.
This Should have been the end of his campaign.
Thank you for bringing this up. I could find the claw-hand image I knew we needed.
They don’t care about the cause they are promoting. They say these things as strategy. It’s about utilizing peoples emotions to encourage them and lead them, regardless of side. It gaslights the left and they want that. It emboldens the right extremism and they want that. It divides and occupies the minds of people creating pawns that do work for them, even if that work is just talking about and “fighting against” it. It’s all just social manipulation. …because they know exactly how to socially guide and manipulate. They know the typical responses they will get from people and can utilize each response for their cause.
It’s pure political theater. These guys show up. They want to be captured on camera doing something.
Like, I dunno, awkwardly ordering donuts and pretending to care about the employees. Yeah. Same-same.
How long have you been working here? Okay. You like working here? Okay.
Whatever you say couch-fucker vance.
Oompa loompa doopity dope. Who fucked a couch and murdered the pope?
Did he pronounce it to rhyme with “vanilla”?
When asked why he referred to the senator as “José Padilla,” despite his first name being Alejandro, Taylor Van Kirk — a spokesperson for Vance — said “he must have mixed up two people who have broken the law.” Van Kirk did not elaborate.
Poor J.D. can’t tell one criminal from another. Do you think the president minds when Vance calls him Fred?
Only one of these “criminals” is a criminal.
A fair point. Between the four, Fred, Donald, José, and Alex, only Alex has not been charged with a crime.
“I mean, does it matter? They all look the same anyway…”
Whatever you say, James. …er… Jimmy… er… um. Mr Bowman? er… uhm… yeah…
Hey man I’m just glad he’s helping heterosectionals get more visibility in society.
“I was hoping José 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,” Vance said. “It’s pure political theater. These guys show up. They want to be captured on camera doing something.”
Oh look. More gaslighting from an instigating wannabe bully. It’s an administration of serial abusers through and through. JD Vance especially has zero redeeming qualities as a human. His world view like the rest of his ilk is to exploit as much as possible; From people to ecosystems. He is the embodiment of cynicism, and a perfect avatar for those big tech fascists and The Heritage Foundation. To reiterate: If something were to happen to him nothing of value for almost all of the world would be lost.
So, was he arrested for “political theater”?
