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After Donald Trump claimed that Haitian immigrants were stealing pets in Ohio and eating them during Tuesday's debate, CNN host Dana Bash tried to pin Republican vice presidential candidate down on those remarks.
Vance accused her of spewing “basic propaganda.”
Bash noted that a bomb threat occurred in Springfield, Ohio after Trump made his remarks, seemingly putting the blame on the Trump-Vance ticket.
Vance said to her during his interview on 'State of the Union' on Sunday, "You’ve heard a lot of the media focusing on every possible distraction from the story in Springfield. You’ve heard them focus on these Proud Boys marches — just in this interview, Dana, the suggestion that because some psychopath is calling in a bomb threat, somehow we have to then ignore 40,000 Springfieldians who are having their lives worsened by Kamala Harris’ policies?”
He got even more heated.
“I’d actually love to have this conversation right now live on-air," Vance said. "What is the implication when you say you calling out these problems has caused a bomb threat."
“You accused me of causing a bomb threat — doesn’t that mean you should shut up about the residents of Springfield?" he continued. "Don’t you realize you’re engaged in basic propaganda to silence the concerns of American citizens?”
Bash claimed she was merely quoting Springfield's mayor, who she claimed was “begging federal officials to please stop putting negative attention on his city.”
Vance said Bash was “applying a double standard.”
“The Springfield mayor, he’s dealing with a lot of terrible things," the VP candidate said. "I certainly sympathize with a guy and we’re going to try to help him out, but he did not accuse me of inciting a bomb threat. He just didn’t."
Vance wasn't done.
“And if we‘re going to take the firsthand accounts of people who are on the ground in Springfield," he added. "Why don’t you bring on some of the people on your program who say that the migrants are eating their pets?”
“You’re applying a double standard here," Vance accused.
He then explained what he saw as her double standard.
"You’re saying if one person accuses J.D. Vance, I’m going to take that person’s word as the gospel truth, even if you misrepresent it. If you have another person who’s saying they’re eating the cats, you’re going to completely ignore them, attack them, silence them and harass them," Vance explained. "That double standard is why people don’t trust the media and why we’re not talking about public policy 51 days out from [the] presidential election."
He had a point.
Vance obliterated Bash's double standard in a way most cable news hosts aren't accustomed to.
Nice.
In choosing Vance, Trump picked a smart guy who can defend his campaign better than most. That's an asset in any situation, but particularly when dealing with mainstream media outlets that are always trying to make Democrats look as good as possible while trying to undermine Republicans.
That didn't happen on Sunday on CNN. Good for JD Vance.