“Trump has been begging officials worldwide not to do the right thing for years to help rig the election for him—no deal in Gaza, no defense of Ukraine, no Kremlin hostages release, no border deal, no continuing resolution, no interest rate cuts etc—just sabotage & subterfuge.”

#Trump #JDVance #PoliticsofHate #PoliticsofDistraction
/2

Then Richardson adds:

"That impulse to focus on regaining power rather than serving the country was at least part of what was behind Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance’s lie about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio."

#Trump #JDVance #PoliticsofHate #PoliticsofDistraction #Springfield #Haitians
/3

"The reward that the Haitian community in Springfield has received for doing exactly what Republicans demand of legal immigrants—work, provide for themselves, contribute to their community—is a campaign of slander and intimidation."

~ Adam Serwer

#Trump #JDVance #PoliticsofHate #PoliticsofDistraction #Springfield #Haitians
/4

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

The Real Reason Trump and Vance Are Spreading Lies About Haitians

Investing in Rust Belt communities would not fix what they see as the actual problem.

^{Adam Serwer (The Atlantic)}

As Kaili Joy Gray reports, J.D. Vance informed a North Carolina audience yesterday that though we all know the Haitian immigrants he and Trump are attacking in Ohio are legal immigrants, he intends to keep calling them illegal — just because. Because truth is not what matters to him and Trump and to their followers….

#Trump #JDVance #PoliticsofHate #PoliticsofDistraction #Springfield #Haitians
/5

dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/18…

JD Vance vows to keep spreading racist lies about his own constituents

Ohio Sen. JD Vance doesn’t care that his racist lies about Haitian immigrants are endangering his own constituents—he’s going to keep telling them anyway.

^{Daily Kos}

"The continual rejection of truth by some of the most prominent people in public life does real damage, not only to innocent people’s lives and to a community’s safety, but more broadly to our society and democracy."

~ Margaret Sullivan

#Trump #JDVance #PoliticsofHate #PoliticsofDistraction #Springfield #Haitians
/6

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

JD Vance is factually challenged – and morally deficient

The vice-presidential candidate seems to feel no remorse about spreading dangerous misinformation that has put lives at risk

^{Margaret Sullivan (The Guardian)}

"Vance thinks he bears no responsibility to fact-check his allegations before he spews them, even if they lead to violence. He doesn’t even accept that it matters whether they turn out to be true."

~ Will Saletan

#Trump #JDVance #PoliticsofHate #PoliticsofDistraction #Springfield #Haitians
/7

thebulwark.com/p/violence-rhet…

Trump and Vance Are Hypocrites About Political Violence

When is it fair to blame a politician for inciting a bomb threat or an attempted assassination? Here are three rules.

^{Will Saletan (The Bulwark)}

"Engendering public animus toward immigrants is a soft launch of sorts for Trump’s mass deportation project—which, as Mother Jones’ Isabela Dias reports, is going to target not only undocumented migrants but legal ones too."

~ Jason Linkins

#Trump #JDVance #PoliticsofHate #PoliticsofDistraction #Springfield #Haitians #immigrants
/8

newsletter.tnr.com/index.php?a…

"Combined with the specter of Trump’s threat of mass deportations if he wins, the rhetoric that the Republican campaign is staking the race on continues to blur the line between legal and illegal immigration in a way that puts immigrants of all statuses at risk."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #JDVance #PoliticsofHate #PoliticsofDistraction #Springfield #Haitians #immigrants
/9

morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.…

Trump-Vance Intentionally Blurs The Line Between Illegal And Legal Immigrants

INSIDE: Kamala Harris ... Aileen Cannon ... John Kennedy

^{David Kurtz (Morning Memo)}