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Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) is being called out for his stunning comments on CNN Sunday defending his baseless claims that Haitian migrants in Springfield, OH have been eating household pets.
Appearing on CNN’s State of the Union, the Ohio senator claimed the pet eating stories he has been pushing are “verifiable” — but also said this:
“The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes. 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 added, “I say that we’re creating a story, meaning we’re creating the American media focusing on it.”
The comments absolutely stunned politicians, journalists, and other observers:
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