JD Vance falsely claimed Haitian immigrants are stealing and eating Ohio pets in another bizarre theory on Monday.
Trump's VP pick published a video of himself seen in July at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing reading a letter from Springfield city manager Bryan Heck detailing the city’s challenges in keeping up with housing for a growing Haitian immigrant population.
Vance also added a follow-up message to his recent post re-sharing the video, in which he said: "Months ago, I raised the issue of Haitian illegal immigrants draining social services and generally causing chaos all over Springfield, Ohio. Reports now show that people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country. Where is our border czar?"
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However, according to the The Hill , Bryan Heck has since said any such reports are based on false allegations against immigrants which are "distracting from the real issues faced by Springfield". He told The Hill: "In response to recent rumors alleging criminal activity by the immigrant population in our city, we wish to clarify that there have been no credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community."
Last week J.D Vance called school shootings a 'fact of life' in the wake of the Georgia school shootings in which four people were killed - including two children. Vance argued the US needs to ramp up security at schools to prevent shootings like the one in Georgia this week , which left four people dead . He presented the assertion like it was the only option in fighting gun violence in the US. "If these psychos are going to go after our kids we've got to be prepared for it," Vance said at a rally, on Thursday, in Phoenix.
"We don't have to like the reality that we live in, but it is the reality we live in. We've got to deal with it." Trump's running mate was asked by a reporter what can lawmakers do to prevent school children. He said Democrats who advocate for tougher gun restrictions are wrong because that won't stop shootings. He argued there have been mass shootings in states with both lax and strict gun laws.
He said lawmakers in Congress have tried to allocate more funds for schools to bulk security, saying schools are easy targets for "psychos."
"I don't like that this is a fact of life," Vance said. "But if you are a psycho and you want to make headlines, you realize that our schools are soft targets. And we have got to bolster security at our schools. We've got to bolster security so if a psycho wants to walk through the front door and kill a bunch of children they're not able."
Many are weary about armed security at schools given the prevalence of police shootings, worrying the move may be an accident waiting to happen. Vance admitted that he isn't completely comfortable with the idea of his own children attending school in that atmosphere, "but that's increasingly the reality that we live in."
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