When Bash pressed Vance on his promotion of the false claim that Haitian immigrants were abducting and eating cats and dogs, Vance defended his actions by suggesting that bringing attention to his constituents’ concerns justified the spread of unverified information.

In a CNN interview, the VP candidate and Ohio senator defended the spreading of rumors about Haitian migrants in Springfield eating pets.

GOP vice-presidential candidate JD Vance admitted to using cat and dog memes to disparages immigrants on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sept. 15.

JD Vance almost gave the game away. In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday, the Republican vice presidential candidate came close to acknowledging that rumors about Haitian migrants eating cats in Springfield,