Springfield received bomb threats targeted at Haitians after the rumors got amplified by Vance and after Donald Trump himself mentioned it during the debate.
On a CNN interview, JD Vance was cornered about the veracity of the claims. “If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that’s what I’m going to do,” JD Vance said.
“Because you guys are completely letting Kamala Harris coast.”
“So you just said this is a story you created,” Dana Bash said. To this JD Vance said, “It comes from first-hand accounts of my constituents. I said we are creating a story meaning we are creating the American media focusing on it. I didn’t create 20,000 illegal migrant coming into Springfield thanks to Kamala Harris’ policies. Yes, we created actual focus that allowed the American media to talk about the story and the suffering cause by Kamala Harris’ policies.”
“Remarkable confession by JD Vance when he said he will ‘create stories’ (that is, lie) to redirect the media,” Buttigieg wrote on X. “All this to change the subject away from abortion rights, manufacturing jobs, taxation of the rich, and the other things clearly at stake in this election.”
“Over the weekend, vice presidential candidate and sitting Ohio senator JD Vance admitted that he lied to incite violence against Haitian immigrants, including his own constituents. There are no words,” Hillary Clinton wrote.
As the video of Vance calling it a ‘story’ went viral, he said it was a dishonest smear. “I didn’t invent constituents complaining about this. We did help create the media focus on their complaints,” he posted.