JD Vance accused of spreading shameless misinformation about buffer zones

https://greens.scot/news/jd-vance-accused-of-spreading-shameless-misinformation-about-buffer-zones

by Wagamaga

26 comments

  1. US Vice President JD Vance has been accused of spreading shocking and shameless misinformation about safe access zones in Scotland by Scottish Green MSP Gillian Mackay.

    In a speech this morning, VP Vance claimed that people in Scotland were told that private prayer in their own homes would be against the law within a safe access zone and that people were encouraged to report anyone they thought guilty of “thought crime.” This has never been true.

    Ms Mackay introduced the bill that secured 200 metre wide safe access zones, or buffer zones, around abortion service providers to stop the intimidating anti-choice protests that were taking place across Scotland. Private prayer at home has never been impacted by this Act.

    Ms Mackay said:

    This is shocking and shameless misinformation from VP Vance, who is either very badly informed about what my Act has done or he is knowingly misrepresenting it.

    “He is one of the most powerful people in the world but he is peddling total nonsense and dangerous scare mongering.

    “Nobody should be intimidated or harassed when accessing healthcare, and I am proud that my Act has put a stop to the graphic banners and the protests that far too many people were being forced to pass in order to access healthcare.

    “I was proud that our Parliament voted to back safe access zones so overwhelmingly, and that they stood against the cynical lies and misrepresentation of the kind that Mr Vance is promoting.”

  2. Do us all a favor over here and just swallow him whole Europe.

  3. Starting to wonder if Vance’s point is to somehow be even louder and more obnoxious than Trump so as to make Trump look “sane” in comparison

  4. Why do we keep speaking in eufemisms? Shameless misinformation? No; shameless lies…

  5. As a Scotsman, I find it vile that Vance would use Scotland in a blatantly false example to spread his shite speech.

    I’ve got a spare claymore that needs shoved somewhere

  6. europe and europeans need to wake up. usa just joined the club. they divided the world with putin and now just act accordingly. Vance just stirs the brown sauce. the second-highest representative of the most powerful (single) country of the world started to act to the outside of the US and to the inside of the EU.

    they just follow their facists plan. in each and every of these news posts way too many comments try to relate to the happenings in a rational way. “that’s contradictory”, “that’s stupid”, “that’s a lie”.

    they know. they are the opposite of dumb. they follow a very simple plan. they tweak the minds of their and other countries citizens. they misinform, lie and separate to raise the emotions, extremists feast from.

    they want to tear apart EU between the west and the east. they want to divide the world between them and Putin. it’s a made deal.

  7. Minor quibble. Misinformation is a whoopsie. Disinformation is intentional. This was the latter

  8. Misinformation is a word that hurts JD Vance’s feelings so just call them what we always used to – lies.

    I mean, this tubby little non-entity lecturing us all about freedom and democracy though.. fk off.

  9. “Dear Lord Our Savior, please don’t let Trump treat me like he treated Mike Pence. When his mob turns on me and bays for my lynching, Lord please give Trump a backbone, and the courage to use it. Amen” JD Vance

  12. I already wondered who tf would believe stupid things like this.

    It’s like “50 Million for condoms in Gaza”, it’s so over the top stupid that basically everyone can see the lie and waits 2-3 days until the actual news gets revealed

  14. I mean, he ran with, in his words, ‘America’s Hitler’, sooo..

  16. Thzy are pretty good honestly. It takes so much times and effort to correct or explain every wrong statement that it is almost certain that most of them will slip through the net to become established facts for their listener base. It doesnt matter if one of their lie got caught up, there is hundreds more coming after anyway. While the few good medias were focus about the insanity of yesterday , there is already 30 more things to speak about today.

  17. Imagine we have in EU supporting this redneck, orange man and nazi Musk. US turning into lying imperialist state, they’re in one bed with Putin. EU won’t bend a knee to such lunatics.

  19. Why does nobody in the audience call him out on the spot? Laugh at him, boo him.

    Don’t just sit there listening politely. Stand up against the bullies.

  21. Stop inviting these people.

    They are not welcome and they should know it.

  23. “ThE Rulz WeRE you wERen’T GoiNg TO FAcT CheCK!”

  24. If something happened its not an accusation. Its being called out on something.

  26. He, like most republicans is a liar. Nothing he said is true or accurate. Abortion rights in the UK has been settled for decades and we will not change it for him, Trump, America or anybody.

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