JD Vance: I ‘created’ cat-eating story to refocus attention
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JD Vance has admitted that he “created” a story about Haitian migrants eating pet cats and dogs to draw attention to illegal immigration in the US.
The Republican vice-presidential candidate said last week that people in Springfield, in his home state of Ohio, “have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country”.
The claims were promoted by Donald Trump in the televised presidential debate against Kamala Harris on Tuesday. The former president used the story to reinforce his message that he would deport illegal migrants if he is re-elected, and how they are responsible for what he says is a growing crime wave across the country.
Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Vance, 40, said that he “created” the unsubstantiated claims about Springfield , which have been dismissed by the local mayor, “to draw attention to the Biden-Harris immigration policies”.
He said that if he has 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”.
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. . . he “created” the unsubstantiated claims about Springfield ,
"he created"?
Translation into plain English: He lied.
unsubstantiated?
Translation into plain English: "Unsubstantiated" = no basis in actual fact.
(In other words-- he totally lied)
He's a total scoundrel and a knave!
He lied creating the bomb and other threats against the innocent people of Springfield. What I wonder is if someone is killed or seriously harmed due to that lie having been told and circulated, would Vance or Trump be charged with a criminal offence? As it is it has caused fear and a curtailment of normal activity if not worse.
Ashley Babbit was drawn to D.C. to fight like hell for her country. Many people feel that Trump should be charged with negligent homicide or something related to her death, but that will never happen.
He's too obtuse to think he influenced her in any way to put her in danger. In Trump's hollow head, the police officer was a dirty corrupt low-down executioner.
No, if they bombed a church and killed babies, I doubt Trump or Vance would ever apologize.
Sorry for being trivial, but "obtuse" is a word one doesn't see often. Andy Dufresne called the warden "obtuse" to his face in The Shawshank Redemption and paid dearly for doing so.
True.
But OTOH it is seen more often than a word such as "Isosceles".
That's for sure.
I love triangles & trapezoids, lol
Kinda of like people calling Trump, Hitler and a threat to democracy, all of a sudden there are two attempts on his life.
One of the most useful concepts I took away from my Statistics courses:
Correlation does not imply causation.
They are probably underestimated in our society.
(And anyway, IMO, its those "curvy" shapes that may have a greater impact!)
certainly not after 9 years of trumps "behavior"/s
Kinda like Donald Trump risking the lies of innocent and legal migrants on a campaign 'slur' and INTENTIONAL lie. . . which is ignored by his followers who apparently think Crooked Donald is some how a billionaire above it all. I will not waste sympathy or empathy with Donald's circumstances. . . because a man who is NOT SORRY or APOLOGETIC about anything he has done to disrespect and harm others does not deserve compassion, understanding, or acceptance!
Moreover, now school-age children in Springfield, Ohio are faced with a new, different form of terror: explosives. All because of a former president and his vice-president side-kick! This is UNPROFESSIONAL and bullshit. It is disqualifying for a presidential candidate.
And, not a whisper of condemnation from the effed-up fake party GOP!
The same kind of psychology. The big problem is that there seems to be a lot of people in the USA who are ready to act upon such suggestions.
I'm wondering-- when I mentioned "isoseles--- was I perhaps being too "Obtuse"?
Or perhaps just being a bit overly equanimous ( or even trying to see both sides of the issue-- being a bit too . . . equilateral?)
Tell us the truth, have you been using a search site to come up with those exoteric words?
No, you were trying to be acute...
No. Not to come up with them. But I always search them after that to find the correct spelling.
Tell us the truth, have you been using a search site to come up with those exoteric words?
No. Not to come up with them. But I always search them after that to find the correct spelling.
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I think you're right.
Maybe I should start looking at things from a different angle?
I have nothing against isoseles or equilateral-- but I draw the line at dodecahedrons!
Yes, I've noticed.
Apparently that causes the worst punishment of all. Being named as Trump's running mate.
(In other words-- he totally lied)
He's a scoundrel and a knave!
Actually the word that first game to mind-- after noticing the blatant dishonesty--- this guy is very, very WEIRD!
"Weird" isn't necessarily intentional. This was intentional with terrible results and I very much hope serious consequences for the perpetrators.
And by the same token, "Intentional" isn't necessarily weird!
Can't argue with that.
Well, in one sense you could argue with that-- but you'd lose!
LOL
JD lied say it ain't true..../s
Maybe he didn't lie-- but was merely presenting "alternative facts" (anyone rembember that phrase?
Maybe he didn't lie-- but was merely presenting "alternative facts". (Anyone remember that phrase?
It was a term invented by Kellyanne Conway:
" Alternative facts " was a phrase used by U.S. Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway during a Meet the Press interview on January 22, 2017, in which she defended White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer 's false statement about the attendance numbers of Donald Trump's inauguration as President of the United States .
When pressed during the interview with Chuck Todd to explain why Spicer would "utter a provable falsehood", Conway stated that Spicer was giving "alternative facts".
Todd responded, "Look, alternative facts are not facts. They're falsehoods." [ 1 ]
It was funny how after he said it and was immediately called out on it, I could see the thought bubble pop out of his empty head that said “shit, did I say that out loud?”.
Every so often he changes his story. And the excuses he makes up to justify them.
He said that if he has 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”.
Which is, in essence, him saying that if you're interested inthe truth-- you can't believe anything he says.
But they're all fictions made up by him-- in hopes that the media pays attention to him.
In other words-- he lies constantly!
(And even admits it!)
How can he maintain any kind of credibility after this admission? Why are people still supporting this turd and his master?
One of my favourite quotes is from Albert Einstein (forgive me if I've posted this before):
I know of two things that are infinite, the Universe and human stupidity, and I'm not entirely sure about the former.
-Albert Einstein
Well there's an old saying:
A fool and his mind are easily parted.
Evening...
Cats of America unite and go and pee in his garden...I command you..🐾🐾
Is this your lovely fur baby?
I say all the cats should pee in his shoes
Morning Trouty...yes that is Mishka..she will be 14 in November..
What breed is she? (I'm not an expert on cats but she looks like she's part Siamese? Or maybe, perhaps, part Isosceles?)
Arvo krish..a rag doll came from a pound 250 kilometres away..so had to drive up and have a look..
And the rest they say is history..
I've heard they are very afectionate,
And they follow you around like a loving puppy.
Hmm not quite..bashes up my brother's cats, she hates them..climbs up trees and likes being out doors. Only time it sits on me is when she wants something.. hates been brushed..catches moths, blow flies and eats them.
Has caught birds, all rescued and lived. Bellows at 3am for no particular reason other than the food dish may only be half full and it's starving to death..
So don't be fooled by it's looks, it is the devil in disguise..
But you love her anyways
Absolutely.. that is my main aim to out live her as she would not go to anyone else...not even my brother's even though she has known him for 14 years..she is very much a one person cat..
She is sitting on me right now ready for the night..
Look into his/her/their eyes, what I notice is that your cat is very intelligent, and a bit of a skeptic (not easily fooled by humans trying to manipulate it)!
Looks stoned to me LOL
Morning Just...she just had some Vegemite.😊
Ah-- that explains it!
animal cruelty ...
Aussie cats love it.. better than peanut butter..
Weirdos Donald and J. D. Vance attack vulnerable legal Haitian immigrants trying to work (earn their keep justifiably) and feed themselves in Springfield, Ohio by repeatedly LYING and attempting to otherize legal immigrants whom have no political power and influence to fight them back!
Vote Harris/Walz in November 2024: Decency. Integrity. A Friend to You and Yours!