Trump's VP continues to spread false claims about Haitian immigrants as violent threats escalate in Ohio following false accusations
J.D. Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, headlined a conservative evangelical event in Atlanta Monday night. Speaking from the podium, Vance touted his Christian faith and insisted that he wanted “the public policy of the United States to be based on the wisdom of loving one’s neighbor.”
His calls for the country to be guided by Christian principles come as Vance continues to spread baseless allegations that Haitian immigrants are killing and eating local pets in Springfield, Ohio — a disproven rumor that Trump repeated during last week’s presidential debate. In the wake of Vance’s false accusations, several institutions, including hospitals and elementary schools, have received violent threats targeting members of their Haitian community.
Speaking at the Cobb Galleria Center, the Ohio senator said that while those in the room had been “derided” by the media and Democrats “as people who want to impose our faith on others,” they “don’t want to impose our faith on anyone.”
“We want our public policy to be driven by the wisdom of loving our neighbor, and we want our public policy to be driven by the understanding that family is the most important thing in this country,” Vance said.
“At this moment in time, in 2024, with all the violence and all the negative political rhetoric, we need to remember above all that we must love our neighbors, and treat others as we would hope to be treated,” he added.
During the Trump-Vance campaign, the senator came under fire for his public disdain for Americans who choose not to have children, infamously complaining that America is run by “a bunch of cat ladies who don't have kids.”
Meanwhile, after Taylor Swift's recent endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, a Trump friend took to Truth Social to lament: “I hate Taylor Swift.”
