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Sen. J.D. Vance faced harsh criticism Tuesday over his efforts to “sanewash” running mate Donald Trump as the former president doubled down onclaims about immigrants eating pets and brings a self-described “proud Islamophobe” into his entourage. Salon’s Amanda Marcotte lashed out at Vance for both attempting to excuse behavior and commentary from Trump that she described as “deranged” — and for doing a poor job of it. “The term “sanewashing” was coined to describe the bad habit of journalists who rewrite Trump’s rambling nonsense into sentences that make sense, but for Vance, it’s a full-time …

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