This is why we don't believe ANYTHING Trump or his buddies say
JD Vance Justifies Spreading Debunked Conspiracy Against Haitians In Ohio
The GOP vice presidential candidate admitted that he consciously decided to "create stories" about the racist lie so that American media focuses on it.
“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,” he told Bash. “Because you guys are completely letting Kamala Harris coast.”
When Bash asked Vance whether he is admitting that the conspiracy about Haitians is false, he tried to clarify with a more confusing response.
“I say that we’re creating a story, meaning we’re creating the American media focusing on it,” the senator said before falsely claiming all immigrants in Springfield are undocumented. “But yes, we created the actual focus that allowed the American media to talk about this story and the suffering created by
Kamala Harris’ policies.”
The reality is that after Trump, Vance and their Republican allies perpetuated the racist lie, Springfield officials and residents ―
including Haitian immigrants ―
have voiced feeling unsafe. Trump said on Friday
that he would launch mass deportations of Haitians to Venezuela as president. The city’s Haitian population is, clearly, not from Venezuela.
Multiple Springfield schools as well as the City Hall building
were recently evacuated due to bomb threats, and private liberal arts Wittenberg University canceled all events on Sunday due to what school officials said was “an email that threatened a potential shooting on-campus.”
Following the bomb threats, Vance
posted on social media telling his followers to not “let biased media shame you into not discussing this slow moving humanitarian crisis in a small Ohio town.” When confronted Sunday with the reports of potential violence, the vice presidential candidate repeatedly and angrily lashed at Bash for accusing him of being at least partly responsible for the threats facing Springfield before he condemned any such harm.
Since Thursday, Springfield Mayor Rob Rue said that the lies being spread by Trump and Vance are hurting the community.