バンス氏、ＬＡに州兵「依然必要」 民主党議員を「ホセ」と呼び皮肉も

【ロサンゼルスＡＦＰ＝時事】Ｊ・Ｄ・バンス米副大統領は２０日、不法移民の摘発に対する抗議デモが起きたロサンゼルスでは１週間にわたり比較的平穏な状況が続いているが、今月同市に派遣された州兵と海兵隊は依然として必要だと述べた。（写真は、米カリフォルニア州ロサンゼルスの連邦ビルで、連邦移動指揮センターを視察するＪ・Ｄ・バンス副大統領）
　ドナルド・トランプ大統領はデモを受け、連邦政府の施設と職員を守るためと称して、州兵約４０００人と海兵隊約７００人を派遣した。
　バンス氏はロサンゼルスで記者団に対し、「残念ながら、州兵と海兵隊は、ここで起こっている事態において依然として必要不可欠な存在だ。事態の再燃が懸念されるからだ」と語った。
　連邦控訴裁は１９日、通常はギャビン・ニューサム知事の指揮下にあるカリフォルニア州兵について、トランプ氏が指揮することを容認する判決を出した。
　カリフォルニア州当局は、地元の法執行機関で対処できたはずの抗議デモをエスカレートさせたとして、トランプ氏による州兵の投入を厳しく批判している。
　デモはロサンゼルスの限られた地域で、おおむね平和的に行われたが、一部では暴力行為や破壊行為も見られた。
　バンス氏は、「狂暴な暴徒が米国の大都市を焼き払うのを許すなら、当然ながら、大統領が守るために選出された人々を守るために連邦法執行機関を派遣する」と述べ、必要であればトランプ氏が再び連邦法執行機関を投入すると警告した。
　さらに、２０２８年大統領選民主党候補者指名争いの有力候補であるニューサム氏とロサンゼルスのカレン・バス市長が抗議デモを扇動していると非難した。
　また、カリフォルニア州選出のアレックス・パディヤ上院議員（民主党）が先週、クリスティー・ノーム国土安全保障長官が開いた記者会見から強制退出させられ、手錠をかけられた件にも言及。
　パディヤ氏を中南米系に多い名前で呼び、「ホセ・パディヤ氏が質問しに来ることを期待していたのだが、残念ながら舞台が整っていないので来られなかったようだ」と皮肉った。
　バス氏はこの発言に憤慨。「ぬけぬけと彼をホセと呼んでばかにするだなんて。でも、あなたには誰でも同じように見えるのでしょう」と述べた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2025/06/23-18:41）

US Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that the thousands of troops deployed to Los Angeles this month were still needed despite a week of relative calm in the protest-hit city.
President Donald Trump has sent roughly 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines, purportedly to protect federal property and personnel, after demonstrations over immigration raids.
Unfortunately, the soldiers and Marines are still very much a necessary part of what's going on here because they're worried that it's going to flare back up, Vance told reporters in Los Angeles.
He was speaking the day after an appeals court ruled that Trump could continue to control the California National Guard, which would normally fall under Governor Gavin Newsom's authority.
California officials have heavily criticized Trump over his use of the military, saying it escalated protests that local law enforcement could have handled.
The demonstrations were largely peaceful and mostly contained to a small part of Los Angeles, the second-largest US city, although there were instances of violence and vandalism.
If you let violent rioters burn Great American Cities to the ground, then, of course, we're going to send federal law enforcement in to protect the people the president was elected to protect, Vance said, adding that Trump would deploy them again if needed.
The Republican further accused Newsom -- a possible contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028 -- and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of encouraging protesters.
Newsom and Bass have both condemned rioting and violence towards law enforcement while accusing the Trump administration of manufacturing a crisis in the city.
Bass hit back at Vance during a news conference on Friday, accusing him of openly lying and saying that local law enforcement agencies handled crowd control.
How dare you say that city officials encourage violence. We kept the peace. You know that the federal officials that were here protected a federal building -- they were not involved in crowd control, she said.
Bass said that even when there was vandalism, at its height you are talking about a couple of hundred people who are not necessarily associated with any of the peaceful protests.
Los Angeles is a city that is 500 square miles and any of the disruption that took place took place at about 2 square miles in our city, she said, accusing Vance of adding to provocation and sowing division.
- 'Jose Padilla' -
Many in Los Angeles are angry about immigration raids carried out as part of Trump's ambition to deport vast numbers of undocumented migrants around the country.
Outrage at the use of masked, armed immigration agents also sparked protests in other cities, including San Francisco, New York, Chicago and San Antonio, Texas.
Tensions spiked when California Senator Alex Padilla, a Democrat, was handcuffed and forcibly removed last week when attempting to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem questions during her news conference.
Vance misnamed the senator when referring to the incident, saying: 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 a theater.
Bass reacted to the comment with outrage.
How dare you disrespect him and call him Jose. But I guess he just looked like anybody to you, she said.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had said Padilla's treatment reeks of totalitarianism, while the White House claimed -- despite video evidence to the contrary -- that Padilla had lunged toward Secretary Noem.