GOP veep nominee and Ohio Sen. JD Vance on Sunday doubled-down on peddling dubious claims about Haitian migrants eating pets, while the Republican governor of his home state, Mike DeWine, decried the assertion.
GOP veep nominee and Ohio Sen. JD Vance on Sunday doubled-down on peddling dubious claims about Haitian migrants eating pets, while the Republican governor of his home state decried the assertion.
“The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes,” Vance griped during a testy exchange on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“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, Dana, because you guys are completely letting Kamala Harris coast,” he told the news show’s co-host, Dana Bash.
Vance then quickly explained what he meant by creating stories when pressed by Bash.
“We’re creating the American media focusing on it,” Vance said while implying that the press has been glossing over the “suffering caused by Kamala Harris’ policies.”
Vance had elevated claims about migrants consuming the pets of locals in Springfield, Ohio, before the ABC News debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Harris.
Springfield has been inundated by an influx of migrants. But local officials there, including Mayor Rob Rue, have denied the allegations that those migrants have been engaged in widespread consumption of residents’ pets.
Ahead of Tuesday’s debate, Trump posted memes espousing the questionable claims.
Then during the verbal sparring match, the controversy exploded when Trump asserted “They’re eating the dogs.
