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CNN State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash September 16, 2024

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What is the Trumps Strategy Vice president ial candidate, senator j. D. Vance joins me and keystone is key with seven weeks lets to go trumps campaign lays out their mustwin states as Kamala Harris makes her own focus clear would have done crowds lost ground there since the last election. Ill ask governor Josh Shapiro ahead, plus, at his word as an Ohio City faces Threats Donald trumps spreads or rumor with no evidence, theyre eating the dogs. How is this affecting the town of springfield, ohio . Its Mayor Rob Rue is coming up washington where the state of our union is doing the math we are 51 days from the election and together with their running mates, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are focusing on the states that will decide the next president with the race apparently deadlocked after what could be the only Harris Trump Debate . But Donald Trump is also doubling down on a baseless claim that he made at the debate that haitian immigrants In Springfield, ohio are eating peoples pets local officials and the states republican governor say theres absolutely no evidence of that claim. And they are warning it is actually hurting their city springfield, ohio is facing a fourth day of threats over the claims that have forced a college hospitals, and schools to lock down. Meanwhile, springfield police say they received two calls about proud boys marching through the city heres how Donald Trump responded to the controversy over haitians, who i want to note are in the u. S. Legally i dont know what happened with the Bomb Threats. I know that its been taken over by illegal migrants and thats a terrible thing that happened. Springfield was this beautiful town and now theyre going through hell here with me now is republican Vice President ial nominee j. D. Vance, who represents ohio in the u. S senate. Thank you for being here, sir the mayor of springfield, ohio Rob Rue said, quote, all these federal politicians that have negatively spun our city, they need to no, theyre hurting our city. And it was their words that did it before Donald Trump talked about eating dogs and cats on a Debate Stage, it was you, senator, who first elevated this baseless rumor. These are your constituents. So why are you putting them at risk . By continuing to spread claims about haitian immigrants despite officials in your state saying that theres no Evidence And Pleading for you to stop all, whats putting the residences springfield at risk, which was a town completely ignored by the American Media until Donald Trump and i started surfacing some of these concerns is that they cant afford housing they cant afford Health Care. The schools have been overwhelmed, the hospitals have been overwhelmed, and theyre overwhelmed because Kamala Harris allowed 20,000 Haitian Migrants to get dropped into a Small Ohio Town of about 40,000 people. And its completely overwhelmed the services. Now you ask, why have i talked about some of the things that ive been talking about . Let me just say this my constituents have brought approximately a dozen separate concerns to me, ten of them are verifiable and confirmable, and a couple of them, i talk about because my constituents are telling me firsthand that theyre seeing these things. So i have two options, dana, i could ignore them, which is what the American Media has done for years to this community. Or i can actually talk about what people are telling me and of course, many of the things that the media says are completely baseless have since been confirmed for example, i was told dana that the American Media, by the American Media, that it was baseless that migrants were capturing the geese from the local Park Pond eating them. And yet there are 911 calls from well before this ever became a viral sensation of people complaining about that exact thing happening. So my attitude is listen to my constituents. Sometimes theyre going to say things that people dont like, but theyre saying things that people dont like because their town has been overwhelmed and its my job to try to fight for them and to protect them. Kamala harris opened the border and now these people are suffering. Thats what im focused on. Dana, senator, i have to go through several things that you just said. First of all, the Clark County Sheriff and the Ohio Department of natural resources reviewed 11 months of 911 calls. They only identified two instances of people alleging haitians were taking keys at a parks. They found zero evidence to substantiate those claims are also other evidence that you have talked about even retweeted alleged alleged evidence are sourced. Social media videos from a different city apparently no connection to haitians. And this is from a conservative activist who offered a 5,000 reward for such things. And then going just bakley to the schools and the hospitals. And so forth, being overwhelmed nobody is disputing that the town of springfield, ohio needs help. But youre not just a bystander. Youre the senator from ohio. So instead of saying things that are wrong and actually causing the hospitals, the schools, the government buildings to be evacuated because of Bomb Threats, because of the cats and dogs thing. Why not actually be constructive and helping to better integrate them into the community . Because there are a lot of employers there who say that the haitian workers are helping Fill Jobs that they need desperately filled first of all, let me just respond to a couple of things that you said, but i want to start with something he said which i think is frankly disgusting and is more appropriate for democratic propagandist than it is for an american journalist. There is nothing that i have said that has led to threats against these hospitals, these hospitals the Bomb Threats and so forth its disgusting. The violence is disgusting. We condemn it, we condemn all violence under this happened after you today. On the Debate Stage said dana, matt, and dog, you ask you asked a question, and i ahead and answer it but we have said, is that this time . Town has suffered terribly under the under the policies of Kamala Harris. Now, you just accused me of inciting violence against the community when all that ive done is surface the complaints of my constituents, people who are suffering because of Kamala Harris is policies, are we not allowed to talk about these problems . The bombs, because some psychopaths are threatening violence, we can condemn the violence on the one hand, but also talk about the terrible consequences of Kamala Harris is open border. On the other hand, now, let me just fact check a couple of other things that you said dana because its important you said that all of these migrants are in the country legally they are in the country through whats called temporary protective status. That is, when Kamala Harris waved a magic amnesty wand, taking people and giving them legal status. That is not a, that is not to say that theyre here legally. That is a terrible indictment of her Amnesty Policies that have further open the theyre not for, but its not illegal migration. It might you might not agree with the Policy and obviously you dont, which is totally fair and legitimate. Their Policy disagreements all the time. But the fact is that it is the law because president biden, The Point is Vice President harris are but i dont want to get i dont want to frankly go down this conversation about police you you made a point yeah. I agree. You dont want to talk about Policy, know what i want to i want to talk about instead of about the fact able you were the one who stich president said to talk about you . And i talked about it because you were ignoring this community. My constituents talked about my ability to surface there concerns when the American Media dana, ive been to springfield probably 100 times in my life. How about graysons Youngs Jersey Dairy . Have do heard recently since last fall, have a bit of the last four days . No. No, were talking about last four days, but ive gotten calls from the fuels dana, and theyre telling me this stuff is happening dana would you like to ask me questions and then let me answer them or would you like to debate me on these topics . I noticed that when you had Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, you gave them multiple choice answers to the questions that you asked and you allow them to answer the questions im happy to hear to be here to talk about Policy. But if youre going to interrupt me every single well time that i open my mouth, then why am i even doing this . So please ask a Question And Id ask you to be polite enough to ask the answer is yes, i am. And i think that if Kamala Harris and Tim Walz were making unsubstantiated claims but the head racist undertones about People Eating Dogs and cats. I would and they didnt answer the questions about that than i would have similar interactions with them as you know, i i am very grateful that you come on the show as i am for other republicans. But this is something that youre hearing from constituents. I did a lot of reporting. Ive talked to people in ohio over the weekend and theyre really worried about these claims, the policies, yes, i am i am agreeing with you that what i heard is that there is concern that these but migrants theres a lot of them and the Integration Isnt being done fast enough and well enough. And thats a totally legitimate conversation. But there are other conversations that are happening like Aid And Clark, who is the an 11yearold Boy who was killed In Springfield last year. It was a Car Accident involving haitian immigrant you said that he was murdered. His father said thats not true. It was an accident. Heres what he said to you moreno, chip roy, j. D. Vance, and Donald Trump van spoken my Sons Name and use his death. For political gain this needs to stop. Now, they are not allowed nor have they ever been allowed to mention Aid And Clark from springfield, ohio i will listen to them one more time to hear their apologies center. Hes asking for you to apologize. Will you dana first of all, my heart goes out to the Clark Family and i dont you bring their Sons Name up because theyve clearly expressed a preference for politicians to not bring their Sons Name up. I wish them all the best I Cant believe what kind of a Tragedy Theyve experienced, but im still going to keep on talking about what the migrants have done to spring field, ohio and what Kamala Harris is open border has done to springfield, ohio. And dana, i think this illustrates the entire contrast between how were trying to go about this debate and how a lot of the democrats are trying to go about this debate. Theyre talking about 12 proud boys marching In Springfield, ohio. Theyre talking about the frankly fake debunk kings of a lot of these stories that are out there im talking to my constituents and im hearing terrible things about whats going on In Springfield and Kamala Harriss open border policies have caused these problems. The hospitals are overwhelmed. Dana, the schools are overwhelmed. The local services are completely overwhelmed. You have people who cant afford housing, homelessness has gone up murders are up by 81 because of what Kamala Harris has allowed to happen to the small community. Im going to keep on talking about that now, of course, we can criticize violence. We can also still talk about the problems that are happening In Springfield and we should be able to do both those things simultaneously. Dana just once and for all you. Again, started this in part by saying that at which Donald Trump repeated on the Debate Stage that and he didnt say anything about the policies that youre talking about. He just said it, patients are eating dogs and cats. Can you affirmatively say now that that is a rumor that has no base . Basis with evidence the evidence is the firsthand account of my constituents who are telling me that this happened. And by The Way, ive been trying to talk about the problems In Springfield for months and the American Media ignored it. There was a congressional hearing just last week of Angel Moms who Lost Plus children because Kamala Harris let criminal migrants into this country who then murder their children. The American Media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and i start talking about cat memes if i have to. I mean, create stories so that the American Media actually pays attention to the suffering of the american people then thats what im going to do, dana, because you guys are completely letting Kamala Harris coast. You had one interview with her. You talk about pushing back against me, dana, you didnt push back against the fact that she cast the deciding vote on the inflation reduction act, which is why a lot of americans can afford food and housing. He just said that Policy see that youre creating the stores that data you just said that this is a story that youve created. So theyre eating dog, were not, we are creating, we are dana, it comes from firsthand accounts from my constituents. I say that were creating a story, meaning were creating the American Media focusing on it. I didnt create 20,000 illegal migrants coming into springfield thanks to Kamala Harris is policies her policies did that, but yes, we created the actual focus that allows the American Media to talk about this story and the suffering caused by Kamala Harris, his policies. Do you do you condemn the proud boys, even if its just 12, even if pushes one marching In Springfield all white supremacists. Im obviously not, im married to a nonwhite person. I dont like these people, but i think that we have to keep our focus not on 12 marchers going down the street, but on the fact that thousands of residents have had their lives destroyed by Kamala Harris is Policy. I find this very unusual, dana, that the American Media is more interested in a bunch of losers marching down the street, then they are in the fact that Kamala Harris has made these peoples lives wars. Im not talking about 12 proud boys. Im talking about 40,000 residents, 40,000 constituents of mine, many of whom can afford Housing And Food because of Kamala Harris is open border that is what i want to focus the Medias Attention on. Were going to keep on doing it because i think the american people deserve a government that puts their interests first, kind of make just one more final point of this, dana. Youve heard a lot of the media focusing on every possible distraction from the story In Springfield, youve heard them focus on these proud boys marched as youve heard, just in this interview, dana, the suggestion that because some psychopath is calling it a Bomb Threat, somehow we have to then ignore 40,000 springfield, not what having their lives worsened by calm Kamala Harris, his policies what is the Implication Data . I actually love to have this conversation right now live on air, right . What is the implication when you say you calling out these problems has caused a Bomb Threat, you accused me of causing a Bomb Threat, doesnt that mean you should shut up about the resonance of springfield, dont you . Realize youre engaged in basic propaganda, high silence, the concerns of american citizen. I would i was quoting the actual mehr of springfield, ohio begging after he said after the Bomb Threats begging federal officials view to please stop putting negative attention on his city. And im not talking about the policies. Im not talking about the very real challenges that springfield has. Im talking about baseless rumors about Haitians Eating Dogs and cats and that after that was said on a Debate Stage, that is when these Bomb Threats started, and that is affect senator, i just want to move on to other quick issues. Separate from this that i want to talk to you about, dan, it. Again, please go ahead. I think this is actually i think this is an important conversation the springfield mayor, hes dealing with a lot of terrible things. I certainly sympathize with a guy and were going to try to help him out, but he did not accuse me of inciting a Bomb Threat here. Just didnt. And if were going to take the firsthand accounts of people who are on the ground In Springfield. Why dont you bring on some of the people on your program who say that the migrants are eating their pets youre applying a Double Standard here. Youre saying if one person accuses j. D. Vance, im going to take that persons you have somebody who hospital have somebody that you represent it. If you have another person whos saying theyre eating the cats, youre going to completely ignore them, attack them silence them, and harassed them. That Double Standard is why people dont trust the media and why were not talking about public Policy. 51 days out from president ial election if you have somebody you want to tell us about, who has proof that somebody eight their cat. Of course we want to hear that. We certainly have had no evidence that that is actually something that happened, and i just want to say i have not thank you of anything. I am quoting the mayor who said, after these Bomb Threats federal politicians, or negatively spinning our city they need to note they are hurting our city. It was their words that did it okay. That im quoting him and it seems to be a pause in Effect Role Roll the tape. You just accused me of inciting a Bo

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