Fake News: Associated Press Warps What Vance Said About ShootingsPaul Bois 5 Sep 2024
The Associated Press ignited massive backlash on Thursday when it blatantly misquoted vice presidential pick JD Vance on school shootings.
Speaking at a rally in Phoenix, JD Vance said he does not like that school shootings have become a “fact of life” while calling for better security.
“If these psychos are going to go after our kids we’ve got to be prepared for it,” Vance said. “We don’t have to like the reality that we live in, but it is the reality we live in. We’ve got to deal with it.”
When the journalist asked Vance what the country can do to stop shootings, Vance called for greater security.
“I don’t like that this is a fact of life,” Vance said. “But if you are a psycho and you want to make headlines, you realize that our schools are soft targets. And we have got to bolster security at our schools. We’ve got to bolster security so if a psycho wants to walk through the front door and kill a bunch of children they’re not able.”
Instead of reporting on his comments accurately, the AP originally reported only that Vance called shootings a “fact of life.”
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