As he advocates for calmer political rhetoric, the veep candidate is putting forward tenuous claims about his opponent’s words.

Senator JD Vance of Ohio, in his first public remarks since the apparent assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump, condemned on Monday the inflammatory rhetoric “coming from too many corners of our politics.” But he took specific aim at Democrats, accusing them of going too far in casting Mr. Trump’s potential re-election as the end of democracy.

The Republican vice presidential nominee is launched on a campaign of strength, toughness and certainty. There’s no room for fallibility and remorse.

Ohio’s freshman Republican U.S. Senator JD Vance knew his claim “20,000” Haitian “migrants” were stealing the cats and dogs of Springfield residents and eating them was a lie before Donald Trump spread it to tens of millions of Americans in last week’s widely-watched September 10 presidential debate.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has repeatedly defended his promotion of a viral internet hoax that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are kidnapping and eating their neighbors' dogs and cats, by saying that he's just passing along what constituents have said.

By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, said Sunday that he stands by claims that immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, have eaten pets. During an interview