GOP vice presidential nominee shocks CNN interviewer

Just about every time J.D. Vance — the most unpopular vice presidential nominee in American history — opens his mouth, he ignites a firestorm of criticism and likely shaves another point off the Republican presidential ticket’s polling numbers.

On Sunday, in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, Vance admitted that he and Donald Trump made up a baseless and racist story about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

“If I have to create stories so that the American media actually has to pay attention to the suffering of American people, then that’s what I’m going to do,” said Vance, a U.S. Senator representing Ohio.

Ironically, Vance’s attempt to point out imagined “suffering” has led to actual suffering by his own constituents.

  • wildcardology@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I didn’t know Vance until he was picked as running mate. My list of people with punchable face keeps getting longer.

  • SeaJ@lemm.ee
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    7 days ago

    Republican VP candidates are raping Ohio’s children.

    Oh that’s made up? Doesn’t matter because it brings attention to a very important issue.

    • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Republican politicians and voters are conspiring to harm innocent people by making up false rumours about them being dangerous, inciting violence against them.

      “Oh, okay, but I don’t care. As long as the right people are hurt!”

       

      This is a large part of why I don’t feel emotionally connect to the concept of being a member of humanity.

      • Huckledebuck@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        6 days ago

        This is a large part of why I don’t feel emotionally connect to the concept of being a member of humanity.

        You are, they aren’t.

    • ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee
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      7 days ago

      Well they technically didn’t make it up. They are repeating the words from a Neo-Nazi group called Blood Tribe who were marching through Springfield with Swastika flags.

      Could actually be worse than just making it up.

      Source

      • AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world
        1·
        7 days ago

        Instead of being a dumbass that’s a bit racist, he’s a mouthpiece for Nazi propaganda. That’s a whole lot worse than making it up.

        • thefartographer@lemm.ee
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          7 days ago

          And then write Harry Potter style books about himself!

          • President Trump and Roger Stone
          • President Trump and the Chamberpot of Secret Documents
          • President Trump and the Prisoner of Financial Scams
          • President Trump and Everyone’s Fired
          • President Trump and the Order of the Hamberder
          • President Trump and the Half-Baked Concept of a Plan
          • President Trump and the Deathly Hollow Promise
  • JWBananas@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    6 days ago

    He thinks it’s okay to make up harmful stories because the late night comedians won’t leave the couch thing alone. What a maroon.

  • N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Resigning requires feeling shame for your actions. Vance has absolutely no shame.

    Keep in mind that his private communications have leaked. He talked about what a monster Trump is for making immigrants feel unwelcome and unsafe.

    Vance is not like Trump. Trump was raised to be a monster and not intelligent enough to question anything. Vance, OTOH, is smart enough to know better. He chose to be this person. He willingly, voluntarily sold his soul to the MAGA devil. That’s why looking at him and listening to him makes people’s skin crawl. There was a person in there once who was forcibly evicted in favor of a monster.