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.

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    Republican VP candidates are raping Ohio’s children.

    Oh that’s made up? Doesn’t matter because it brings attention to a very important issue.

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      Republican politicians and voters are conspiring to harm innocent people by making up false rumours about them being dangerous, inciting violence against them.

      “Oh, okay, but I don’t care. As long as the right people are hurt!”

       

      This is a large part of why I don’t feel emotionally connect to the concept of being a member of humanity.

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        This is a large part of why I don’t feel emotionally connect to the concept of being a member of humanity.

        You are, they aren’t.