Vance defends spreading claims that Haitian migrants are eating pets
(NPR) Sen. JD Vance stood by his false claim that Haitian migrants were eating pets in Springfield, Ohio an unsupported story that former President Donald Trump has also echoed on the debate stage and on social media.
During a Sunday interview on CNN, the Ohio senator and Republican vice presidential nominee said his evidence for this claim was "the first-hand accounts of my constituents." He then went on to defend the dissemination of this false story.
The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes," Sen. Vance said. "If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do."
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/15/nx-s1-5113140/vance-false-claims-haitian-migrants-pets
Lovie777
(15,000 posts)GQP.
gab13by13
(25,227 posts)are about immigration and the border. The dog and cat lies keep the narrative right where Magats want it, on immigrants.
marble falls
(62,047 posts)... public, who will? Kamala Harris and Tim Walz sure won't!"
bucolic_frolic
(46,973 posts)Sunshine to extinguish the evil
Dulcinea
(7,465 posts)There were posts yesterday featuring them eating in Haitian restaurants.
Hope22
(2,844 posts)ArkansasDemocrat1
(3,213 posts)Kid Berwyn
(17,983 posts)John Legend, for one. The vocalist comes from Springfield, Ohio. He says Vance's hateful rhetoric is hurting good people, the Haitian-American community that has breathed new life into what had been a dying town, just another Rust Belt statistic.
'Nobody's eating cats. Nobody's eating dogs.' John Legend says Haitian immigrants deserve grace
'We all just want to live and flourish and raise our families in a healthy and safe environment,' Springfield native John Legend
by John Legend
Statement/Columbus Dispatch, September 12, 2024
My name is John Legend, and I was born as John. R Stevens from a place called Springfield, Ohio. Springfield, Ohio you may have heard of Springfield, Ohio, this week.
In fact, if you watch the debate, we were discussed by our presidential candidates, including a very special, interesting man named Donald J. Trump.
Now, Springfield has had a large influx of Haitian immigrants who come to our city.
SNIP...
But of late, during the Biden administration, there have been more jobs that opened up. More manufacturing jobs, more plants, factories that needed employees and were ready to hire people.
So, we had a lot of job opportunities, and we didn't have enough people in our town of 60,000 people to fill those jobs.
Continues...
Source: https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/2024/09/12/john-legend-haitian-immigrants-in-springfield-ohio-donald-trump-debate-jd-vance/75199348007/
Didn't really know a thing about John Legend until today when my UAW retiree neighbor brought this to my attention over the fence. John Legend is a great guy!
PortTack
(34,643 posts)The next lie will be even more outrageous in another state, then another and another.
Is that going to be a working solution for them to swing the campaign in their direction? In this now short time period, no, but they will continue on out past their election loss.
We cant look the other way and laugh!
Zambero
(9,762 posts)Lie, lie, lie. Whatever it takes to fool the people into believing that the Dear Leader has their best interests in mind, despite evidence to contrary.
maxsolomon
(35,041 posts)Care to defend the Blood Tribe next?
chouchou
(1,295 posts)...for those sub-humans. (that's what the are to me..) They serve little for the human race and other animals.
thenelm1
(912 posts)They only one threatening his constituents is this turd. How frequently was Springfield getting bomb threats prior to this guy peddling in these warped stories?
Dulcinea
(7,465 posts)What kind of shitstain spreads bullshite rumors about people in the state he represents? Especially when he KNOWS they aren't true?
Magoo48
(5,341 posts)Yet, there is not one government agency with the courage to police them.
Who the fuck are we?
OldBaldy1701E
(6,338 posts)smb
(3,585 posts)Stephen King creates stories.
JDiVance tells lies.
LetMyPeopleVote
(154,427 posts)It is hard to do satire when idiots like Vance do not realize how stupid their claims are
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219468973
Javaman
(63,100 posts)that seems to be the right wings motto.
OldBaldy1701E
(6,338 posts)Ones that make it illegal to lie on the campaign trail. Ones, that make it a major felony to create such public danger. If someone gets hurt and there is a clear trail from the perp back to crap like this, there needs to be legislation that covers punishment for it. And, that punishment needs to have teeth, not just some slap in the little finger with a wet noodle.
It will never happen, but it is what should happen...
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(115,244 posts)Attilatheblond
(4,298 posts)Oh, this is gonna be fun.
Nasruddin
(837 posts)Maybe his famous book should be moved to the fiction section of libraries?
Quanto Magnus
(1,011 posts)and there's still people voting for Team Liar.
Srkdqltr
(7,659 posts)FakeNoose
(35,663 posts)Evolve Dammit
(18,603 posts)sakabatou
(43,041 posts)Doesn't matter if what they say is true or false.
Beartracks
(13,564 posts)Beartracks
(13,564 posts)1) Make up a lie, and spread it around.
2) People hear the lie, and then, fearing it's true, repeat it (e.g. "I heard..."
3) Claim you continue to spread the lie because people are (now) talking about it, even while...
4) ... acknowledging that it's a lie!
#4 in the cycle is kind of new for Republicans. They all used to pretend their lies were the truth, sometimes toeing the party line with a nudge and a wink. And make no mistake -- many of them actually do believe their own bullshit. But this whole "Yeah, it's a lie, so what?" is a weird new discourse, even for Republicans.
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quakerboy
(14,135 posts)They are supposed to be. But we all know that the likes of Theil and the project 2025 club are his actual constituents.