Dude, did you not think anyone would notice?

“They censor us, but it doesn’t change the truth,” he said before telling a whopper of a lie about his mama in a new ad. "Joe Biden’s open border is killing Ohioans, with more illegal drugs and more Democrat voters pouring into this country.

“This issue is personal,” he added. “I nearly lost my mother to the poison coming across our border. No child should grow up an orphan. I’m J.D. Vance, and I approve this message because whatever they call us, we will put America first.”

The only problem here is that he lied. As a nurse, JD Vance’s mother stole prescribed medications from her patients, and that was not because of undocumented immigrants. Vance got the community note routine on Xitter.

  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 months ago

    It would have been clearer to say “I nearly lost my mother to the sort of poison that is now coming across our border,” but he’s recording an ad and he needs to be concise. I would agree that he was being misleading if he was trying to use his mother’s addition as evidence that opiates are being smuggled from Mexico, but he isn’t. (It is a widely acknowledged fact that a lot of opiates are smuggled in from Mexico.) Therefore even if some listeners do assume that his mother was addicted specifically to Mexican opiates, that doesn’t substantially affect their understanding of what he’s saying.

    • forrgott@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      It is a widely acknowledged fact that a lot of opiates are smuggled in from Mexico.

      Then you shouldn’t have any trouble providing a citation or two? Otherwise, this is as weak as it gets…

      • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Here’s an excerpt from what the DEA is saying:

        The Sinaloa Cartel and the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (also known as CJNG or the Jalisco Cartel) are the main criminal organizations in Mexico, and the most dangerous. They control clandestine drug production sites and transportation routes inside Mexico and smuggling corridors into the United States and maintain large network “hubs” in U.S. cities along the Southwest Border and other key locations across the United States.

        The scope of the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels’ control over each segment of the criminal drug trade has effectively eliminated any competition in U.S. markets, and enabled cartel members to establish a presence in every U.S. state

        Source. Warning, it’s a long PDF.

        • Cadeillac@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          I’m sorry, I don’t see opiates mentioned. Also, DEA is a questionable source at best. Their job is to create the war on drugs, not end it