The Daily Populous Monday September 16th, 2024 night edition
Authored by salon.com and submitted by demosthenes131

JD Vance didn't originate the rumors about Haitian immigrants in Springfield eating cats and dogs, but he's more responsible than anyone for their rise into the national political discussion.

After a week marked by threats against immigrants in the Ohio town, the senator and vice presidential candidate admitted to "creating a story" around Haitians during an interview with CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday.

When Vance was pinned down by the host over the smears he spread being entirely false, he didn't seem ashamed. He told Bash that he had to create a fiction to bring media attention to the way that his constituents are suffering (read: having to live alongside hard-working, legal immigrants to the United States in a newly revitalized town).

“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," Vance said.

Elsewhere in the interview, Vance downplayed the recent spate of bomb threats against Springfield's government buildings and hospitals and waved off a march held in the city by the Proud Boys. He also admitted that he hadn't been to the city recently. He met all examples of threats against Vance's constituents by attempting to turn the conversation back to the Biden administration's immigration policy.

"We can condemn the violence on the one hand but also talk about the terrible consequences of Kamala Harris's open border on the other hand," he said.

AngsMcgyvr on September 15th, 2024 at 15:00 UTC »

Truly horrific statement by a VP candidate, senator, or really just anyone. Schools are being evacuated. Hospitals going on lockdown, and you're admitting to making it up?

What's worse for him is that he broke one of the cardinal rules of Trumpism which is to never acknowledge the scam.

This MAGA shit works like any cult where the followers can only justify their extreme actions and beliefs, because they're convinced they're right. You can't turn it into some intellectual exercise.

That's like telling everyone "it's time to eat the poisoned applesauce to shed our earthly bodies, and - oh by the way - I made up the stuff about the UFO coming to save us. I thought it would be good for engagement"

Trump would never have said he created the stories.

RamonaQ-JunieB on September 15th, 2024 at 14:57 UTC »

Ohio, this is YOUR senator. He just admitted they are making you a target.

Lord_Darksong on September 15th, 2024 at 14:42 UTC »

That's called a lie.