In the Ohio Senate debate, Vance accused Ryan of «slander» for saying Vance supported the racist «great replacement theory.»
Ohio Republican candidate J.D. Vance has been accused of supporting «replacement theory» and having ties to «extremists» by Representative Tim Ryan, his Democratic foe in the race for U.S. Senate.
The candidates took part in their second debate, in Youngstown, on Monday night. They were each asked to share opinions of the so-called «great replacement theory»—a far-right conspiracy concept that claims an effort is underway to replace white Americans with migrants of color.
Vance argued that Democratic leadership had been «very explicit» about wanting more migrants to cross the U.
