Calls for J.D. Vance to resign after he admits that he 'created' pet-eating story about immigrants
2 years ago by usernamesAreTricky to c/politics
He did say exactly that in the interview when called out. It's in the twitter thread linked.
Towards the end.
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I expect he's going to say he didn't mean that he fabricated the story, but instead meant that he "created the story" in the sense of bringing it to the media's attention
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