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.

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    2 months ago

    I wouldn’t like to be paralyzed in terror. It’s not reasonable and not useful. I would be wise to think what to do instead.

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      2 months ago

      Get back to us when when your country is a hair’s breadth from being taken over by a fascist dictator.

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        2 months ago

        Actively doing something useful is what I suggested. It has already been communicated that the entire topic is bullshit.

        Talking inside the bubble is not helpful anymore. There is no one listening here who could change an opinion about Trump.

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      2 months ago

      I would be wise to think what to do instead.

      THIS^ this is the statement that needs to be repeated over and over in leftist american circles.

      i think if we worked on this instead of endless whining and worrying, the problem would be gone by now. the solutions are simple. sorry you got downvoted. you didn’t deserve it.