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.

  • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
    112·
    2 months ago

    God this article is annoying to read.

    What did Vance actually say ?

    Did he say something analogous to “I admit that I created the pet-eating story about immigrants” ? Who knows?

    • stebo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      8·
      2 months ago

      “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”

      i haven’t seen the full interview but that’s probably all there is to it

    • nonailsleft@lemm.ee
      2·
      2 months ago

      I’m not saying it’s as annoying to read as some ‘dance around the issue’ ‘articles’ from ‘the other side’, but the need to inject a truckload of related bagage into every sentence just devalues the entire effort.

      Like, yes Kevin, we know this is bad. We know it doesn’t spark joy in the hearts of Haitian children. But just act like you’re half a journalist and give us a clear cut of the cold dry facts. Wrap up your emotional shit in a closing paragraph if it helps you convince yourself