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"They're eating the dogs. They're eating the cats." That was the president lying on a nationally televised debate, the purpose of which was to lay the groundw
by deeg 1y ago
"They're eating the dogs. They're eating the cats."
That was the president lying on a nationally televised debate, the purpose of which was to lay the groundwork for exporting poor people who were here legally.
- ETH_start 1y ago[flagged]
- aredox 1y agoNo local reported that. It was all a lie. Should Trump also relay blood libels against Jews?
- thrance 1y agoEven if Trump was just relaying local racist rumors (he wasn't, it was entirely fabricated), would he be justified in it? There was absolutely zero evidence of it, and there still isn't. It's just a lie in service of fueling hatred toward the most poorest people in this country. Fascism 101.
- dylan604 1y agoas POTUS, maybe not repeating unconfirmed information as fact would be the better move.
- ETH_start 1y agoHe represents the people. And he wasn't POTUS, he was a presidential candidate, relaying what his potential constituents were concerned about.
- cguess 1y agoThe mayor of the town (a Republican) came out and straight up said Trump was lying about his town. The only people reporting it could barely point to the town on a map.
- lovich 1y agoVance admitted it on camera that he made it up to get a national conversation started https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-springfield-ohio-eating-pets-cnn-b2613205.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...