Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) called on Democrats to tone down their rhetoric a day after proudly admitting he spread a bogus story about immigrants “so that the American media" covers the plights of American citizens. In recent days, Vance has propagated the rumor that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio are abducting and eating people's pets.
He and Trump spread “lies” not “rumors”. The word " rumors " implies that there was some truth to it, and there was none.
… at least somebody believes there was truth to it.
This is where we have to remind everybody that Vance admitted lying about this.