How JD Vance unleashed the racist backlash against Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio

Sen. JD Vance (R- Ohio ) has been the key figure in making Springfield , Ohio , a national target for the far right.

John Sutter : Vance 's lies about Springfield are the latest iteration of what could be mistaken for cynical race-baiting.

He says Vance ’s lies reflect much deeper-seated biases about who the country belongs to.

There has been no increase in property or violent crime in Springfield , according to local data.

Vance spent much of his brief career as a venture capitalist whose stated mission was to create jobs in places like Springfield .

Vance appears to oppose it for the same reasons he obsesses over native-born American womens’ declining fertility, while also calling for mass deportations.

Springfield Mayor Rob Rue and City Manager Bryan Heck asked for federal aid to support a rapid increase in the city’s immigrant population.

On August 10, a dozen neo- Nazis affiliated with the group Blood Tribe marched through Springfield carrying Swastika flags.

Last Friday , the right-wing account End Wokeness , which has 2.9 million followers, shared a post in which someone claimed that Haitian residents of Springfield had killed her cat and hung it from a tree branch.