USA Trump Vice Vance: Create stories if you have to

Republican US vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance has once again defended his disparaging verbal attacks and against immigrants from Haiti. "If I have to create stories to get the American media to actually pay attention to the suffering of the American people, I will," Vance said on US television.

Vance and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had accused migrants from Haiti of eating pets in the city of Springfield. The authorities in the city in the Midwest of the USA have been emphasizing for days that they are not aware of any such cases and that there is no credible evidence of such acts.

State of emergency in Springfield

When asked by the CNN journalist whether this meant that Vance had only made up these stories, Vance again claimed that voters had told him about such incidents. "When I say we're creating a story, I mean we're making sure the American media focuses on it," Vance rowed back.

Springfield in the US state of Ohio is now in a state of emergency. The city of around 58,000 inhabitants has received various bomb threats at public buildings and schools in recent days.

At the weekend, callers to the Springfield police reported the presence of the right-wing extremist militia "Proud Boys" in the city, as reported by CNN. Videos circulated on social media showing a group of about a dozen people, some of whom were wearing Proud Boys logos. Police told the station that the group was no longer on the scene when officers arrived on the scene.

Vance blames Harris

Asked about this, Vance said: "I think we need to focus not on twelve protesters, but on the fact that Kamala Harris' policies have destroyed the lives of thousands of residents." He accused the Democratic presidential candidate of having "opened" the US southern border with Mexico.

US Vice President Harris is running against Trump in the presidential election on November 5 - polls predict a close race. Trump repeatedly portrays immigrants as dangerous criminals. He also uses dehumanizing language and says, for example, that they are "poisoning the blood of our country".

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