JD Vance Camp Unleashes on Media for ‘Brazenly Lying’ About His Comments on Georgia School Shooting
In the wake of a tragic school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, that left four dead and several injured, gun control and school safety have become hot topics of discussion. Ohio Senator JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, addressed the incident during a rally in Phoenix, expressing his dismay over the normalization of such tragedies. However, his remarks were reportedly misrepresented by The Associated Press (AP), which quoted him as stating that school shootings are a “fact of life,” a claim his campaign vehemently denies.
Vance’s spokesman criticized the AP for this “brazenly lying” headline, asserting that it and similar media reports serve to promote a narrative that Republicans are indifferent to school shootings. The situation escalated with the AP deleting their controversial post after it was criticized online, though not before it had been widely circulated. The spokesman also took the opportunity to attack Vice President Kamala Harris’s stance on police presence in schools, suggesting that her policies endanger children.
This situation highlights ongoing tensions in media reporting regarding political figures and significant events, particularly as the presidential election approaches.
Wednesday’s tragic news of a school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, that left four dead and more injured caused a firestorm to erupt over gun control and school safety.
With the presidential election only two months away, Republican vice-presidential nominee Ohio Sen. JD Vance spoke at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, on Thursday where he remarked how terrible that day was stating, “I don’t like that this is fact of life.”
Were Vance’s comments hard to report fairly and accurately? If you work for The Associated Press, they are, and now his campaign is firing back.
The AP found it appropriate to take Vance’s remarks completely out of context and twist his words about the shooting with a phony headline stating, “Vance says school shootings are a ‘fact of life.’”
The lie garnered attention via an X post made by the AP linking to their article about Vance’s remarks with the above quote in a headline.
As many users noted how totally disconnected from reality this interpretation was of Vance’s words, they AP quickly deleted the post, but not before a user could screenshot it.
The AP deleted their trash about @JDVance after it was about to receive a nuclear community note.
They’ve since reposted it here: pic.twitter.com/w35o8Fw8Du
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) September 6, 2024
While community notes on X are easily one of the best features to be added in promoting a more honest and open dialogue, Fox News Digital reported comments from Vance representative William Martin who was justifiably angry, giving the AP a more one-sided verbal lashing.
“This is yet another case of the fake news media brazenly lying about a Republican politician. Senator Vance said exactly the opposite of what the Associated Press claimed. It should come as no surprise that the AP lost any and all credibility it had years ago, because they will lie about literally anything in order prop up the Democrats,” Martin said.
Martin took the chance to then focus on the Democrat presidential ticket and its headliner, Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Meanwhile, Kamala Harris has called for all police officers to be removed from schools, putting children all over America at risk. It’s yet another example of how Kamala Harris’s weak, failed, and dangerously liberal agenda makes her unfit for office,” Martin said.
Martin is right in doing what any good campaign spokesman would do as the voter needs to know how bad a Harris presidency would be.
But, focus on his remarks about the AP for moment.
It is not that the once-reputable outlet is incompetent and incapable of doing a basic search to see what Vance actually said in Phoenix.
The AP simply does not care.
The point is to push an agenda that Vance and the top of the GOP ticket — former President Donald Trump — are indifferent to school shootings and expect America to accept dead children and teachers as a regular part of life.
That simply isn’t true.
The “brazenly lying” media were outed this time, but this won’t stop.
They’ll be sure to try again before November, numerous times. Don’t fall for any of them.
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