Republican Vice President JD Vance on Friday met troops who have been deployed in Los Angeles to quell protests against immigration raids, as he accused Democratic state and city leaders of encouraging immigrants to cross the U.

Watch live coverage as Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks during a visit to Los Angeles, where clashes between protesters and law enforcement officials have become a focal point of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance visited Los Angeles on Friday to meet with National Guard troops and Marines deployed by President Donald Trump to quell ongoing protests over federal immigration raids. Vance

According to ClearSky, a data tracker that monitors user activity, Vance has been blocked by over 111,000 users—the highest total since the app launched last February. Vance's rapid block tally eclipsed the previous record held by journalist Jesse Singal, who had 81,270 blocks as of Friday.

JD Vance has become the most blocked account on Bluesky just two days after joining the social media platform. The vice president signed up for the site, a competitor of X/Twitter, on Wednesday. Vance used his first post to mock transgender people by sharing part of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' opinion in U.