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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCalls for J.D. Vance to resign after he admits that he created pet-eating story about immigrants
https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/09/calls-for-jd-vance-to-resign-after-he-admits-that-he-created-pet-eating-story-about-immigrants.htmlIf I have to create stories so that the American media actually has to pay attention to the suffering of American people, then thats what Im going to do, said Vance, a U.S. Senator representing Ohio.
Ironically, Vances attempt to point out imagined suffering has led to actual suffering by his own constituents.
Vance eventually told Bash to shut up about the rumor that has sparked racist verbal attacks on Haitians, marches in the town by the white-nationalist Proud Boys, bomb and shooting threats, closed schools and Donald Trumps insistence that hell visit the town and eventually save it with mass deportations, if re-elected.
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When confronted with his assertion that he created a story, Vance after a long pause of on-air silence backpedaled, saying he created the American media focusing on it, and continued to insist that the story came from first-hand accounts, which has been proven false.
Ohio state representative Casey Weinstein tweeted that Vance, an Ohio senator, should resign. Hundreds of other similar demands were made on social media.
In the wake of JD Vance admitting he created the pet-eating story, and as a result of the very real threats the communities and people he has targeted are now under I am calling on him to RESIGN as our Senator, Weinstein posted on Twitter/X.
SoFlaBro
(3,015 posts)IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,993 posts)ArkansasDemocrat1
(2,615 posts)That was epic.
llmart
(16,144 posts)I enjoy them immensely.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,822 posts)Chunky shit through a twisty straw .Beautiful put tears in my eyes
vishnura
(282 posts)I wonder how much he paid that guy to poke a rifle through the bushes.
keithbvadu2
(39,129 posts)Kittycatkat
(1,586 posts)SupportSanity
(740 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,199 posts)...and out of Ohio as well.
What a total shitbag.
Demobrat
(9,609 posts)Last edited Sun Sep 15, 2024, 09:37 PM - Edit history (1)
Someone needs to get a recall petition going. The tape needs to be played over and over every time theres a new call for his resignation.
Talking heads need to discuss it in breathless tones. For at least a few news cycles.
It would be good for the campaign.
llmart
(16,144 posts)ShazzieB
(17,989 posts)https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL30016.html
czarjak
(12,171 posts)paleotn
(18,772 posts)He's too valuable.
PedroXimenez
(310 posts)"i meant i created the media focusing on it."
Right, because that's a thing people say.
SharonAnn
(13,834 posts)Diamond_Dog
(33,814 posts)But hes Magaloon, so no one questions it.
sakabatou
(42,756 posts)orthoclad
(4,258 posts)et tu
(1,705 posts)spelled 'it' that way lol
3catwoman3
(25,027 posts)Excellent neologism.
I so admire creativity.
orthoclad
(4,258 posts)elocs
(22,975 posts)PunkinPi
(4,962 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,822 posts)Around couches right?
Marcuse
(7,870 posts)0rganism
(24,383 posts)Overall scoring for MAGA lies is derived from 3 categories:
1. Entertainment -- will people tune in to a news show just to view coverage of it? for how long?
2. Repeatability -- can it be easily recycled by late-night comedians and/or as a dance remix? was it delivered comprehensibly?
3. Victims -- how many people were hurt by the lie? were they the intended target? were they targeted for the correct demographics?
Clearly the "Haitian immigrants eating Springfield pets" lie scores highly in the first two categories but could lose some points in the third, as the ensuing bomb threats impacted the city's general population, including some white males.
bluesbassman
(19,667 posts)Republicans in general, and MAGA cultists in the extreme, have no problem with the others suffering either because of the policies they support or the things they say, but let any of that pain and suffering encroach into their tightly sealed little bubbles and it now becomes a catastrophe.
Skittles
(157,026 posts)repukes make up most of the drama they campaign on, it's nothing new
Tarc
(10,532 posts)He is Trump's albatross, there is no better place for him to be than slowly dragging down the GOP ticket.
TomCADem
(17,576 posts)It would be the type of chaotic reality TV type of stunt that Republicans are now known for. Then, Trump could follow this up with perhaps a reality show where Laura Loomer, Ted Cruz, MTG, and Matt Goetz compete to be the new replacement VP.
bucolic_frolic
(45,824 posts)PortTack
(33,984 posts)Last edited Sun Sep 15, 2024, 09:55 PM - Edit history (1)
IronLionZion
(46,694 posts)Those 2 have a national audience and really caused a ton of media coverage and real threats from their extremist supporters. All part of their idiotic malicious plan.
"immigrants are stealing our jobs" doesn't work as well during labor shortage when nobody wants to work anymore. So they make up "immigrants are stealing our pets to eat". Absolutely deplorable.
liberal N proud
(60,797 posts)Clash City Rocker
(3,489 posts)I know she looks about 50, but shes only 31.
dawn5651
(635 posts)Martin68
(24,058 posts)Diamond_Dog
(33,814 posts)Martin68
(24,058 posts)Diamond_Dog
(33,814 posts)Sadly, about 45% are hopelessly brainwashed!
Martin68
(24,058 posts)babsbunny
(8,461 posts)of us who are brainwashed. I am hoping it's only 1/3, I have a Son and 2 Sibs still in the cult as far as I know.
Diamond_Dog
(33,814 posts)is because Donnie is staying pretty steady at 45% in national polling.
I dont understand how he even gets 20% but these people are nuts.
lonely bird
(1,833 posts)Vance just uses his brain to prevent his skull from collapsing.
lindysalsagal
(21,913 posts)GoYouPackersGo
(52 posts)Laura Loomer, Bob Kennedy, Tulsi...
samplegirl
(11,907 posts)Nothing!
Diamond_Dog
(33,814 posts)Are the Haitians and the innocent bystanders at the mercy of your proud boys and white supremacist terrorists calling in these bomb threats.
uponit7771
(91,148 posts)Blue Owl
(53,772 posts)Who makes stuff up to advance their agenda used car salesmen? Scam artists? Snake oil vendors? White collar criminals?
mwb970
(11,575 posts)And this is my senator! O the humanity!
allegorical oracle
(2,821 posts)actually votes. That person's only purpose is to amplify and obey TSF.
Torchlight
(4,119 posts)by calls to let up on the pressure because 'it makes us look bad. we're better than this.'
Counterpoint: It makes only them look bad; and no, they're not better than this-- pointing these flaws out does not change the taste of mustard.
kimbutgar
(22,495 posts)They learned that rule from their orange maggot leader!
bahboo
(16,755 posts)brush
(56,338 posts)Just the judgment needed in a person who may become president.
He's a dummy masquerading as an intellectual with an Ivy League background.
Just laughably dumb.
struggle4progress
(119,419 posts)Clash City Rocker
(3,489 posts)That would mean he made a mistake. He doesnt do that. In his mind, no doubt that was Vances mistake.
But not all these are calls to step down as Trumps running mate
many people want him to step down as Senator. Its just another example of everything Trump touches dies.