Just about every time J.D. Vance — the most unpopular vice presidential nominee in American history — opens his mouth, he ignites a firestorm of criticism and likely shaves another point off the Republican presidential ticket’s polling numbers.

On Sunday, in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, Vance admitted that he and Donald Trump made up a baseless and racist story about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

“If I have to create stories so that the American media actually has to pay attention to the suffering of American people, then that’s what I’m going to do,” said Vance, a U.S. Senator representing Ohio.

Ironically, Vance’s attempt to point out imagined “suffering” has led to actual suffering by his own constituents.

    • ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee
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      Well they technically didn’t make it up. They are repeating the words from a Neo-Nazi group called Blood Tribe who were marching through Springfield with Swastika flags.

      Could actually be worse than just making it up.

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        Instead of being a dumbass that’s a bit racist, he’s a mouthpiece for Nazi propaganda. That’s a whole lot worse than making it up.

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          And then write Harry Potter style books about himself!

          • President Trump and Roger Stone
          • President Trump and the Chamberpot of Secret Documents
          • President Trump and the Prisoner of Financial Scams
          • President Trump and Everyone’s Fired
          • President Trump and the Order of the Hamberder
          • President Trump and the Half-Baked Concept of a Plan
          • President Trump and the Deathly Hollow Promise