A mainstream reporter who was criticized for taking remarks by Republican vice presidential nominee Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio out of context has hidden his tweets about X.
Jacqueline Sweet, a contributor to Mother Jones, The Intercept and other publications, POLITICOand Business Insiderher profile She followed up privately with X after he shared a portion of an interview he participated in with Vance in 2021, in which he spoke about immigration and early waves of immigrants to the United States.
“J.D. Vance in 2021, while discussing previous waves of immigration to the United States, said, ‘There were large waves of immigration from Italy, Ireland, and Germany, and that had its problems and consequences,'” Sweet wrote of Vance’s words. “Crime rates rose, ethnic enclaves were formed, and ethnic conflicts arose in the country where none existed before.”
Greg Price of the State Freedom Caucus said Sweet was taking Vance’s “words out of context,” adding that Vance had continued to talk about “the positive aspects of this wave of immigration.”
“Once again, left wing keyboard warriors have taken @JDVance’s words out of context. In the rest of the video (which was intentionally cut), JD goes on to say there are positives to the immigration wave and that we have slowed down immigration from these countries to give people time to assimilate,” Price said. Written“All of that is completely accurate.”
Another left-wing keyboard warrior SourceI’m going to quote you out of context.
In the rest of the clip (which she purposefully cuts out), JD says there are positives to the wave of immigration, and that what has slowed down immigration from these countries is encouraging people to… https://t.co/6yiBXFaDJk pic.twitter.com/oZSS1lAUO7
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 16, 2024
Sweet also drew criticism from Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of former President Donald Trump.
“Hey hackers,” Trump wrote. post Regarding X. “Why are you blocking people who accuse you of illegally editing this clip?”
Hey hackers, why are you blocking people who are accusing you of illegally editing this clip? https://t.co/MhKvp0Q2fp
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 16, 2024
Vance’s words were in an interview with Jack Murphy. spoke We spoke about immigration and how there were “negatives” but also “positives” to the huge waves of immigrants from Italy, Ireland and Germany coming to America.
The Republican senator explained that in the 1920s the US “slowed down immigration” and allowed those who came to America to “integrate” into the fabric of the nation.
“Obviously, there was a big wave of Italian immigration – mainly Italian, Irish and German immigrants. And that brought problems, too. It led to higher crime rates, it led to ethnic clusters, it led to ethnic conflicts within the country – we hadn’t had any of that before. So, obviously, it had its downsides. [and] “There was a positive side to it. One of the great things we did in the 1920s was slow down immigration a little bit. We allowed people who were coming into this country as new citizens to become integrated into the larger American fabric.”
