'How dare you': L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, Gov. Newsom condemn JD Vance's remarks [View all]
Source: KTLA-TV Los Angeles, CA
Posted: Jun 20, 2025 / 10:44 PM PDT
Updated: Jun 20, 2025 / 11:43 PM PDT
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Governor Gavin Newsom led a fierce wave of backlash from local officials on Friday, condemning Vice President JD Vance after he visited the city and delivered remarks amidst ongoing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and protests in Southern California. “Today, the vice president of the United States spent three or four hours in L.A. before holding a press conference and spewing lies and utter nonsense in an attempt to provoke division and conflict in our city,” said Mayor Bass to open her speech. “Unfortunately, the vice president did not take the time to learn about our city.”
Vance arrived in L.A. on Friday to tour multiple federal centers, meet with leaders and Marines and deliver remarks to the press. After talking about the community’s unrest and the increase in federal law enforcement following ongoing immigration sweeps in the area, Vance spoke on the local and state government’s actions, specifically calling out Newsom and Bass. Vance said the two leaders have actively encouraged “illegal migration” into the L.A. community and have offered benefits to immigrants who “break the law, come into our country and receive generous public assistance for having done so.”
In response to this, Bass directed her speech toward Vance, saying, “How dare you say that city officials encourage violence. We kept the peace. You know that the federal officials who were here protected a federal building; they were not involved in crowd control.”
Bass also condemned Vance and ICE for inciting fear within the community, saying federal agents dress in plain clothes, refuse to show identification and drive regular cars with tinted windows. “Who are these people? And frankly, the vests that they have on look like they ordered them from Amazon. Are they bounty hunters? Are they vigilantes?” The mayor argued that federal officials should have to identify themselves, otherwise it will continue to spread terror in the city.
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