Thread by @atrupar

wow -- Dana Bash with a brutal fact-check of JD Vance after Vance smears *legal* Haitian immigrants in Springfield with debunked claims. Vance responds by calling what she said "disgusting" as Bash looks shocked at him making it personal.

JD Vance downplays bomb threats against his own constituents: "We can condemn the violence on the one hand but also talk about the terrible consequences of Kamala Harris's open border on the other hand."

Vance admits he hasn't actually been to Springfield to investigate the libels he's pushing against the Haitian-American community. He then gets mad at Bash for not letting him speak without interruption. (Look at how dead his eyes are.)

Vance claims he and Trump have to "create stories" about migrants eating cats and dogs "so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people."

There is then some awkward dead air as Bash tries to highlight the absurdity of what he just said

Vance on Proud Boys marching in Springfield because of his smears: "I think we have to keep our focus not on 12 marchers going down the street but on the fact that thousands of residents have had their lives destroyed by Kamala Harris's policy."

Vance winds down the interview by trying to shame Bash for fact-checking him: "Doesn't that mean you should shut up about the residents of Springfield?"

Vance then challenges Bash to bring on a person who claims migrants have eaten their cat.

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