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.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    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
      65·
      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
        22·
        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
      7·
      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.