Donald Trump’s campaign is just going with unfettered racism now along with stoking fear and discrimination against those living with HIV.

In the aftermath of Tuesday’s presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, Trump’s running mate, Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance, made a series of controversial, bigoted, and inflammatory statements during an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. Vance doubled down on debunked claims about Haitian immigrants abducting pets to eat them and falsely linked the migrant community to rising rates of HIV and tuberculosis in Springfield, Ohio. His remarks have since drawn widespread condemnation for their harmful, fear-mongering nature.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    46·
    2 months ago

    They’re claiming that immigrants are walking up to ponds, picking up geese, and then just calmly walking away.

    But like, who the fuck has such little experience withe geese that thinks anyone short of the crocodile hunter could pick up a wild goose under any circumstances?

    • hydrashok@sh.itjust.works
      9·
      2 months ago

      lol my dumbass neighbor just tried selling this argument to me and I just laughed and walked away. Like how ridiculous does the story have to be before you even do some basic logic questions?

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        2 months ago

        Even the new claims are ridiculous

        You know who’s really causing AIDS breakouts?

        Conservatives in red states like Mike Pence when he was governor of Indiana. It’s common for them to squash needle eschange, testing, and other harm avoidance practices. Even crazier shit like banning narcon or treating it like drug paraphernalia, then bitching about opiod deaths

        They’re to the point where they just break shit so they have something to complain about.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    2 months ago

    And once again I walk into my office and all the chuds are buzzing about this. Like just go circle jerk your hate boners somewhere else cause thats all this is. And like Haitians of all people? Why?

    • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      34·
      2 months ago

      Haitians of all people? Why?

      Because if they said “Jamaicans” it would be too obvious they were talking about Kamala Harris’s family.

      • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        2 months ago

        I’m just so frustrated. Here we are, I feel the Earth melting under my feet more and more. Every day I wake up to 3-4 weather warnings on my phone. Yet, all half the country can focus on is racist and bigoted bullshit. I truly believe we will all die while listening to the same insane musings.

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 months ago

      Gotta pick on groups that very few people are familiar with. Over the decades it’s been Africans, Irish, Italians, Chinese, Japanese, Homosexuals, Muslims, Transgendered, Venezuelans (biggest driver of recent immigration), and now Haitians. If you decided to demonize Mexicans now you’d probably instantly get boos and sour looks because nearly all of us know someone of Mexican lineage and can sniff out most bullshit about their culture.

  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
    18·
    2 months ago

    It didn’t flop, it created a surge of racist extremists targeting a small minority demographic. The intention to do great harm was verily accomplished.

  • ganksy@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 months ago

    I absolutely blame the journalists for not shutting this down in their interviews. It was easy to see this from a mile away and be prepared for it. I haven’t seen a decent interview since Johnathan Swan interviewed trump. WTF has happened to journalism?!

      • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        I’d say fine… this should be all of them doing this. Except fox and newsmax… they are entertainment now news channels by their own admission anyway.

  • ATDA@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 months ago

    “oh that other racist thing was easily proven false? Yeah well… Bet they have HIV!”

    I mean… Fuck you, personally, JD the couch lover.

  • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    2 months ago

    You would think the childless cat ladies running the country and making everyone miserable would do something about these cat-eating, HIV spreading Haitians.