Speaking with Spectrum News in Eau Claire, Wisc., on Tuesday, Ohio Sen. JD Vance said Wisconsinites are suffering because of Vice President Kamala Harris’ policies and said “foreigners” are taking the homes that “should, by rights, go to American citizens.”
He also continued to defend spreading what he described as “outlandish claims” about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, eating house pets. And he blamed the rhetoric of Harris and other Democrats for the apparent attempted assassination targeting former President Donald Trump while insisting the Republican presidential nominee has “every right to be a little angry” at his political foes as he ratchets up the tenor of his own rhetoric.
“Springfield’s story is increasingly an American story where you have way too many migrants coming in,” Vance said before his rally on Tuesday night, blaming Harris and the Biden administration’s border policies for such an influx. “And what it means in practice is a lot of social services are overwhelmed, lower public safety, rise in communicable diseases, certainly an increase in stress on the hospital services and the school services.”…