Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) continued making claims about immigrants eating pets and geese in Springfield, Ohio, in a tense interview Sunday.

In an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, Vance entered a lengthy back-and-forth with host Dana Bash over his repeating of viral claims that Haitian migrants had eaten pets in Springfield and the media’s framing of the matter.

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