Prior to Tuesday night’s debate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) spread an unfounded rumor that Haitian immigrants were kidnapping and eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. And former President Donald Trump repeated that lie to millions of viewers, which was fact-checked in real time by ABC’s moderators. CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins asked the Ohio Republican about that exchange in a post-debate interview. She pointed out that despite there being no evidence to substantiate Vance’s claim, he encouraged his supporters to spread it anyway, and then asked him, “why push something that’s not true?” “Well, first…
