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JD Vance Fabricates a News Story, Trump, and the MAGAs Amplify with Racism
In an increasingly common pattern of dangerous and divisive rhetoric, Republican Senator JD Vance recently made headlines for a completely fabricated story about immigrants allegedly eating pets in Ohio.
5 min readSep 20, 2024
JD Vance Fabricates a News Story, Trump, and the MAGAs Amplify with Racism
In an increasingly common pattern of dangerous and divisive rhetoric, Republican Senator JD Vance recently made headlines for a completely fabricated story about immigrants allegedly eating pets in Ohio.
Vance, who has cozied up to the far-right, once again showed that his loyalty lies with spreading fear and misinformation rather than with facts or the well-being of the American people.
This latest claim, meant to stoke fears about immigration, is not only baseless but also steeped in dog-whistle racism.
In an interview, Vance suggested that immigrants were responsible for a rise in pet disappearances, implying that they were hunting and eating them — a wild accusation with zero credible evidence.
