Below are some of the headlines we have missed. Feel free to share the ones you have but make sure they’re from a credible source. Enjoy!
New reporting makes Vance’s handling of Springfield story look even worse
According to the city manager in Springfield, Ohio, JD Vance knew the truth about Haitian immigrants. The senator and Donald Trump kept lying anyway.
We now know, of course, that these offensive claims were ridiculously untrue, but new reporting from The Wall Street Journal appears to shed new light on how Vance amplified the lie.
City Manager Bryan Heck fielded an unusual question at City Hall on the morning of Sept. 9, from a staff member of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance. The staffer called to ask if there was any truth to bizarre rumors about Haitian immigrants and pets in Springfield. “He asked point-blank, ‘Are the rumors true of pets being taken and eaten?’” recalled Heck. “I told him no. There was no verifiable evidence or reports to show this was true. I told them these claims were baseless.”
