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Margaret Sullivan

EXPLAINED: Jd vance is factually challenged and morally deficit | Rare Historical Photos

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‘Vance could have deleted the post, which had already done damage. He could have disavowed it and tried to limit the harm.’ Photograph: Karl B DeBlaker/AP

There was a moment when JD Vance could have turned back from the story.

After the vice-presidential candidate posted on social media about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, eating pets – based on the flimsiest of supposed evidence – a Vance staffer checked it out.

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