The U.S. Marine Corps has announced a live-fire exercise will take place Saturday in Southern California to celebrate its 250th anniversary at an event set to be attended by Vice President JD Vance, sparking a dispute with California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) over whether it will be necessary to temporarily shut down a nearby major highway.

Newsom, in a Wednesday night social media post, called the event a “vanity parade,” claiming that “Donald Trump and JD Vance think that shutting down (Interstate 5) to shoot out missiles from ships is how you respect the military.”

Donald Trump and JD Vance think that shutting down the I-5 to shoot out missiles from ships is how you respect the military.

PUT ASIDE YOUR VANITY PARADE AND PAY OUR TROOPS INSTEAD. https://t.co/A6yXD1hms7 — Gavin Newsom (@G

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