‘This Guy is So Pathetic!’ Josh Shapiro Follows JD Vance On CNN, Trashes VP Nominee for Saying He’s ‘Creating a Story’ on Migrant Pet Eating

Democratic Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro ripped vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) as “bonkers” and “pathetic” on Sunday after the latter said he had to “create stories” for the media that they would have otherwise ignored.

Vance joined CNN’s State of the Union to discuss, among other topics, the inaccurate claim that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating local residents’ pets. When pressed on his pushing of the debunked story, the Ohio Republican attacked the media during an interview with Dana Bash .

“The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes,” Vance said. “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, Dana, because you guys are completely letting Kamala Harris coast.”

Bash followed up on the statement from Vance that he and others had created a story for clarity on his statement.

“So the eating dogs and cats thing is not accurate?” Bash asked him.

“Dana, it comes from firsthand accounts from my constituents,” Vance replied. “I say that we’re creating a story, meaning we’re creating the American media focusing on it. I didn’t create 20,000 illegal migrants coming into Springfield thanks to Kamala Harris’s policies.

Minutes later, Shapiro joined the program and unleashed on the senator. Bash asked Shapiro to respond to her interview with Vance. He replied:

I mean, Dana, that was bonkers. Listen, the governor of Ohio, the mayor of that town in Ohio, has said this is all made up. These are all lies. There’s no truth to it. And the United States senator from Ohio just came on your show and blamed his own constituents for his own lives. This guy is so pathetic. But the thing is, it is dangerous. There is a causal connection between the BS that JD Vance and Donald Trump spew and the safety and security of the American people. When they go out and they lie about this stuff, they put their fellow Americans at risk. JD Vance should be ashamed of himself he knows better.

I mean, this guy, whether he’s on your show or he’s his in some sports bar where I mean, by the way, a total pick me in that sports bar the other day – He just doesn’t understand the power of his words, the power of his lies and those lies are putting the people at risk. This is dangerous stuff. I know it started because they wanted to just distract the American people from their failed policies and they’re chaos. But this has now taken on a life of its own, because of what they incited. And people’s lives are at risk because of JD Vance. This guy should know better and it’s shameful what he did.

Watch above via CNN.