JD Vance to Make US Media 'Pay Attention' Amid Pet-Eating Allegations

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Facts

  • GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance claims to have 'created' a focus on Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, so that US media 'pays attention' to the 'suffering' of American citizens. This comes amid controversial claims that Haitian immigrants were eating pets in the area.[1][2]
  • During this month's presidential debate, former Pres. Trump accused migrants of 'eating the dogs' and 'eating the cats' in Springfield, stating that he had witnessed it on television.[3]
  • Vance later alleged that the media had 'totally ignored' migration problems in Springfield until GOP presidential candidate former Pres. Donald Trump and himself 'start[ed] talking about cat memes.'[4][5]
  • Vance, himself an Ohio Senator, also claimed that he had been provided firsthand constituent accounts concerning Haitian migrants eating pets, despite local authorities stating there was no evidence of such behavior.[6][1]
  • Springfield has experienced threats of violence in education campuses and hospitals following national coverage of the town's Haitian migrant population, with a bomb threat at Wittenberg University now being investigated by the FBI and Springfield police.[7]
  • Approximately 15K Haitian migrants have entered Springfield since 2020 under the US' Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. Only nationals unable to return to their own country due to temporary conditions such as civil war or environmental disasters are eligible for TPS.[8][9]

Sources: [1]FOX News, [2]CNN, [3]ABC News, [4]The Daily Beast, [5]New York Post, [6]Politico, [7]USA Today, [8]Reuters and [9]USCIS.

Narratives

  • Democratic narrative, as provided by The New Republic and Poynter. Vance's latest comments are a blatant admission of wilful intention to spread harmful, racist disinformation in an attempt to benefit Trump's presidential campaign. Having inadvertently owned up to his role in stirring up unjustified hate against Springfield's Haitian community, the Ohio Senator's desperation to blame the American media for the consequences of his own actions is just as pathetic as it is unconvincing.
  • Republican narrative, as provided by The Western Journal and Trendingpoliticsnews. Attempts by the media propaganda machine to attack and dismiss the concerns of Vance and his constituents are yet another example of the liberal elites favoring woke ideals over the health and safety of the American people. By focusing on memes about cats and dogs instead of America's immigration crisis, the establishment is attempting to distract the public from the true issue at hand: Harris's open border policies are tearing America apart from the inside out.

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