Vance Claims Somali Immigrants Plan to Influence Ohio ElectionVance Revives Baseless Immigrant Election Claim Before Ohio VoteVance Defends Citizen Elections as Critics Attack His Rhetoric
On November 2, Vice President JD Vance told a rally in Swanton, Ohio, that Somali immigrants were coordinating to affect the state’s election. Critics accused him of hypocrisy after he also condemned politicians for dividing Americans by race.On November 2, JD Vance alleged without evidence that Somali immigrants planned to influence Ohio’s election, then condemned politicians for dividing Americans by race. Critics said his own record makes that message ring hollow.On November 2, JD Vance urged Ohio voters to support Vivek Ramaswamy and said elections should belong to citizens, while claiming Somali immigrants planned to influence the vote. Critics called him hypocritical after he condemned racial division.