JD Vance shares vid claiming migrants ate cats, but appears to show grilling poultry
www.independent.co.uk
The “gotcha” footage posted online by Vance may not be the slam dunk he apparently hoped it would be

Republican vice-presidential candidate Senator JD Vance continues to stoke outrage against foreign-born members of his own constituency, sharing video footage with his 1.9 million social media followers that he claimed showed African migrants in Dayton, Ohio “eating cats” — but instead appears to show nothing more than poultry cooking on an outdoor grill.

“Kamala Harris and her media apparatchiks should be ashamed of themselves,” Vance posted Saturday on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter. “Another ‘debunked’ story that turned out to have merit.”

Vance has claimed, falsely, in recent days that Haitians — who are not Africans — living in Springfield — a town of 58,000 which is not Dayton — were stealing, killing, and consuming their neighbors’ pets.

  • @PlasticExistenceEnglish
    22•2 months ago

    That only underscores the point of advertising their refusal to pass it: it should have fully satisfied Republicans and given them most of what they want, but the Orange Shit Stain said not to pass it so they could complain about immigration during the election.

    Democrats should use it as a loud and constant example of how Republicans are not leaders and have no solutions for America.

    • @apfelwoiSchoppen
      5•2 months ago

      Yeah, you shouldn’t work with them on such heinous human rights abusing packages. That is what it underscores to me. If anyone actually read the bill, we might critically push back on the Democrats and make positive change instead of this bipartisan rivalry nonsense. It serves the status quo, not any of us. If the bill had any merit , I’d be totally with you on that point.

      • @PlasticExistenceEnglish
        10•2 months ago

        You’re not understanding me. Yes, the bill was awful and should not have had their support.

        So given that, what exactly is the Republican justification for not supporting it? That needs to be highlighted so that perhaps enough GOP voters just stay home on election day - especially in swing states.

        Like it or not, Republicans must not win this election so that our democracy survives. We will have lots of work to do after the election to push the Democrats back to supporting the average person and not the rich, but that’s the next fight and not this one!

        Hold your nose and vote for democracy.

        • @apfelwoiSchoppen
          -1•2 months ago

          Oh I understand you. I don’t think you understand that voting for Democratics and criticizing them is more than OK, it is necessary.

          • @PlasticExistenceEnglish
            7•2 months ago

            That bill was a super republican bill, I honestly do not know why the Democrats keep bragging about this as if every “bipartisan” bill has merit.

            I’ve been attempting to respond to your original comment. The Democrats are not using this to brag. They are using it to highlight the failures of the Republican party.

            I walked around knocking on doors in an unfriendly neighborhood for Bernie Sanders, so you don’t need to talk to me about criticizing Democrats or wanting them to move left.

            • @apfelwoiSchoppen
              -3•2 months ago

              This is the current climate of this discussion in most Democrat circles, whether you care to see it or not. And I’m not criticizing you, but thank you for knocking on doors. ✌️

    • @Viking_Hippie
      -3•2 months ago

      Yeah, because advertising that you used a social murder bill to bluff with makes you sound SUPER sympathetic to the people who would have died if fascists had called your bluff 🙄

      • @PlasticExistenceEnglish
        4•2 months ago

        I don’t think it was a bluff, unfortunately. Neither do I think they should not criticize the Republicans for their behavior.