Ohio Senator J.D. Vance doesn’t care that his racist lies about Haitian immigrants are putting his own constituents at risk, and he plans to keep lying anyway.
That was the message he delivered to supporters at a rally in North Carolina on Wednesday, where he complained about the media portraying Haitian immigrants in Springfield as legal, which they are.
“What they’re trying to say is that Kamala Harris used two separate programs — mass parole and temporary protected status,” Vance said. “She used two programs to wave a magic wand and say, ‘We’re not going to deport these people who are here.’ If Kamala Harris waved a magic wand over illegality and said, ‘These people are here legally right now,’ I would still call them illegal immigrants.”
First of all, Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t wave a magic wand or anything because she’s not the president and doesn’t have that kind of power, and Vance, who is running for that very job, should know that.
But even worse, Vance knows full well that these immigrants are here legally, and understands fully that continuing to smear them will have dangerous consequences. Bomb threats, school and building closuresAnd an atmosphere of fear is spreading throughout immigrant communities across the country.
But Vance doesn’t care: He’s running against Donald Trump, and spreading fear and hatred of immigrants is a central pillar of his platform, so he plans to keep doing it, regardless of who it hurts, including his fellow Ohioans.
