The vice-presidential candidate seems to feel no remorse about spreading dangerous misinformation that has put lives at risk
There was a moment when JD Vance could have turned back from the story.
After the vice-presidential candidate posted on social media about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, eating pets – based on the flimsiest of supposed evidence – a Vance staffer checked it out.
Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture