"The American media totally ignored this stuff, until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes. 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."
— J.D. Vance

January 1, 1970

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Said about his claims about Haitians supposedly eating cats, dogs and ducks in Springfield, Ohia, quoted in "‘A piece of garbage’: Republican Ohio Gov. condemns Trump-Vance false immigrant pet-eating conspiracy", CNBC (September 15, 2024)