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[–] finestnothing@lemmy.world 125 points 2 months ago (2 children)

JD Vance (or at least his staff) called the mayor of Springfield before they said anything about it. The mayor told them there was zero proof that it was happening at all, then Vance went ahead and said it was happening anyway.

I would argue that the couch surfing/fucking was verified more than the immigrants eating pets story because no one officially said that it was false before it was spread.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

no one officially said that it was false before it was spread.

In fact, neither he nor his campaign has denied it at all to this day.

[–] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

We could call the mayor of Springfield and ask