Vice President JD Vance on Friday accused California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of encouraging violent immigration protests as he used his appearance in Los Angeles to rebut criticism from state and local officials that the Trump administration fueled the unrest by sending in federal officers.

Speaking to reporters in Los Angeles on Friday, Vice President JD Vance claimed Democrats like California’s Sen. Alex Padilla, who was handcuffed amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants, are simply “grandstanding.” Vance, however, couldn’t get his former Senate colleague’s name right.