Vance slams Harris focus on calling Springfield, Ohio, residents 'racist' instead of 'undoing her open border'

Sen. JD Vance, accused Kamala Harris of granting mass amnesty to thousands of Haitian immigrants, driving the Springfield, Ohio, crisis.

"I trust my constituents more than I do the American media that has shown no interest in what's happened in Springfield until we started sharing cat memes on the Internet, which is disgraceful that the American media ignored this town," Vance told NBC "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker. "And that's the most important part, Kamala Harris' open border, Kristen, has led to skyrocketing housing costs in Springfield, rising rates of crime, rising rates of communicable diseases. They have dropped 20,000 immigrants into a town of 40,000, and it's caused a host of social problems." Danielle Wallace is a breaking news and politics reporter at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on X: @danimwallace. 

Welker cited officials in Springfield and Dayton, Ohio, as claiming there is "no evidence" of immigrants eating park animals or pets, and noted recent threats of violence forcing closures in Springfield. The NBC host also quoted Vance's past comments from 2016 accusing Trump of making "people I care about" afraid.