J.D. Vance Flips Out After CNN Links Him To Springfield Bomb Threats
Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance lashed out at CNN host Dana Bash after she told him there had been bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio, following his suggestion that Haitians were eating pets in the town.
In a Sunday interview on CNN's State of the Union program, Bash noted that local officials "found zero evidence to substantiate" claims that geese were being taken out of parks by Haitian immigrants.
"Also, other evidence that you have talked about, even you've retweeted alleged evidence, are unsourced social media videos from a different city, apparently no connection to Haitians," Bash said.
"So instead of saying things that are wrong and actually causing the hospitals, the schools, the government buildings to be evacuated because of bomb threats, because of the cats and dogs thing, why not actually be constructive in helping to better integrate them into the community?" the CNN host asked.
Vance said the question was "frankly disgusting" and "more appropriate for a democratic propagandist than it is for an American journalist." He insisted that nothing he said caused the bomb threats in Springfield.
"Senator, this happened after you and President Trump were on the debate stage, said that cats and dogs were being eaten," Bash pointed out. "After that, they were threatened."