That J.D. Vance Thread

[Angrboda]

[Angrboda]

After badly flubbing the basics on the inflationary effects of tariffs, Vance tried to argue that immigration is bad for the economy:

‘Housing costs are unaffordable ... people can’t afford to live a good life in this small Ohio town,’ he said. ‘If the path to prosperity was flooding your nation with low-wage immigrants, then Springfield, Ohio, would be ... the most prosperous city in the world,’ Vance said. ‘America would be the most prosperous country in the world, because Kamala Harris has flooded the country with 25 million illegal aliens.’”

So, a few things.

First, the “25 million illegal aliens” figure is ridiculously wrong. Given Vance’s apparent interest in immigration policy, it’s weird to see him struggle with such a basic detail.
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Second, the vice president is not chiefly responsible for federal immigration laws — though she did endorse a bipartisan solution that Vance’s running mate killed, despite the legislation’s merits, because he was afraid helping the country might hurt his 2024 candidacy.

Third, while it’s true that housing costs in Springfield, Ohio, have gone up, it’s because the local economy is improving — despite Trump’s insane claims that the community has been destroyed by pet-eating immigrants.

Fourth, the idea that Springfield has suffered economically as a result of immigration is the exact opposite of what has actually happened in reality. As Vance really ought to know — he ostensibly represents Ohio — we’re talking about a community on the rise, not decline.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show...rcna171001

Vance has a history of whackadoodle false claims meant to stir up emotions. His role as vice president is just to stir the pot.

[Fake Messiah]

Trump's & Vance's friends are working overtime on their Presidential campaign.

[Rev. Rye]

[Fireball]

I'm pleased to see that there was only a handful of those assholes, and that they weren't whistling "Dixie".

[Ravenshire]

[Thumpalumpacus]

[Kitan Etos]

JD Vance: '"If I have to create stories [about legal Haitian immigrants eating pets] so the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people then that's what I'm gonna do."

[Nanny]

upland bird season starts here in 2 weeks. I wonder if the next scary batch of OTHERS will be coming here to hunt. Can't imagine what it will be like when goose are in season. The ponds will be overrun! I shall begin clutching my pearls.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Ohio Sen. JD Vance ® and CBS News’ Margaret Brennan sparred on Sunday over a false claim of Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

“I know the mayor of Springfield, a Republican, told ABC News, ‘We’ve been punched in a way we should not have been punched,” Brennan said on “Face the Nation.” “He said, ‘All these federal politicians that have negatively spun our city, they need to know they’re hurting our city, and it was their words who did it.’ Your words, sir. Do you regret them?”

“Margaret, we’ve been hearing about these problems for months, even in some cases, for years, and the problem here is not that Donald Trump and I have called out what’s happened to Springfield—”

“No, I have talked about the problems, and cited Governor DeWine saying more legitimate problems. I’m not asking about that. We have documented that. I’m asking about your words sir, which you are responsible for,” Brennan cut in, talking over Vance.

“But Margaret, you only documented it after Donald Trump called attention to it, and so look, with all respect to the Springfield mayor—” Vance said.

“You tweeted September 9th—” Brennan responded.

Vance also got into a heated back-and-forth with CNN’s “State of the Union” with anchor Dana Bash over the Haitian migrants claim Sunday. He amplified the false claim on Monday, and his running mate, former President Trump, referenced it in a debate with Vice President Harris on Tuesday.

“What they have done to our country by allowing these millions and millions of people to come into our country — and look at what’s happening to the towns [in the] United States, a lot of towns don’t want to talk,” Trump said in the debate. “Not going to be Aurora [or] Springfield. A lot of towns don’t want to talk about it because they’re so embarrassed by it. In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/48...nt-claims/