With more than just lies about immigrants, Vance is implementing a strategy. He wants to dumb down his ideology so voters will adopt his vision of “the nation.”

Rep. Maxwell Forst (D-Fla.) reacted to the uproar in a statement Tuesday, saying that “JD Vance and GOP leaders’ racially motivated attacks against Haitian people are disgusting, bigoted, and based on flat-out lies.”

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance acknowledged Tuesday that it’s possible the “rumors” of Haitian immigrants abducting pets of Springfield, Ohio, residents might “turn out to be false,” but encouraged his followers to continue posting “cat memes.