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Edward Helmore

JD Vance admits he is willing to ‘create stories’ to get media attention

JD Vance
JD Vance, Republican vice presidential nominee, speaks to reporters in Greenville, North Carolina, on Saturday. Photograph: Steve Helber/AP

In a stunning admission, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, JD Vance, said he was willing “to create stories” on the campaign trail while defending his spreading false, racist rumors of pets being abducted and eaten in a town in his home state of Ohio.

Vance’s remarks came during an appearance on Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, where he said he felt the need “to create stories so that the … media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people”.

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