“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 to Dana Bash on Sunday.
While the idea that he is "creating stories" has been the focus of many journalists these past two days, I'm more interested in the idea that he is justifying the fiction writing so that "the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people...."
Hold on! Wait a minute! Time out!
Vance is saying his whole object of "creating" the story that Haitians are eating people's pets is to mitigate or ameliorate the "suffering" of Americans?
What "suffering" is he talking about? The only suffering I've seen is the suffering caused by this story that Vance himself "created" (or magnified or megaphoned if not created).
How, previous to Vance's story, were ordinary American citizens or *legal* residents of Springfield, Ohio suffering?
The suffering came *after and because of* Vance's story. He led to the bomb threats and the further accusations and harassment of innocent people (including a grieving father).
What a contemptible attempt by Vance to shift the cause of any "suffering" from himself to hard-working Haitian residents who are helping to sustain the Springfield economy and, indeed, lead our country forward.
“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 to Dana Bash on Sunday.
While the idea that he is "creating stories" has been the focus of many journalists these past two days, I'm more interested in the idea that he is justifying the fiction writing so that "the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people...."
Hold on! Wait a minute! Time out!
Vance is saying his whole object of "creating" the story that Haitians are eating people's pets is to mitigate or ameliorate the "suffering" of Americans?
What "suffering" is he talking about? The only suffering I've seen is the suffering caused by this story that Vance himself "created" (or magnified or megaphoned if not created).
How, previous to Vance's story, were ordinary American citizens or *legal* residents of Springfield, Ohio suffering?
The suffering came *after and because of* Vance's story. He led to the bomb threats and the further accusations and harassment of innocent people (including a grieving father).
What a contemptible attempt by Vance to shift the cause of any "suffering" from himself to hard-working Haitian residents who are helping to sustain the Springfield economy and, indeed, lead our country forward.