# JD Vance Discussion Thread

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [August 19, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892 "2024-08-19T00:22:30Z")\
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> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#):
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> Even if true, so what? I mean, I get that eating geese from parks is illegal, but they’re neither endangered nor beloved, and goose is not a particularly weird thing to eat. It seems about as ho-hum as someone eating a fish they caught without a license.

I posted this over in the thread on the Springfield issue:

> [@Springfield, OH immigrants: what's the actual story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springfield-oh-immigrants-whats-the-actual-story/1007220/73):
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> TMZ has tracked down the story behind the photo of the guy carrying two geese.
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> 1 they were roadkill.
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> 2 there is nothing wrong in Ohio law in picking up roadkill geese; no permit required.
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> 3 there is no evidence that the guy was planning on eating them.
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> 4 the guy was not a Haitian immigrant
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> 5 it didn’t happen in Springfield, but in Columbus, 40 miles away from Springfield.

> **[Ohio Wildlife Officials Give Context for Photo of Man Holding 2 Geese](https://amp.tmz.com/2024/09/13/ohio-wildlife-officials-give-context-man-geese-picture/)**
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> A viral pic of an Ohio guy lugging around 2 geese is blowing up after Donald Trump’s bizarre pet-munching Haitian immigrant claims ... but we're told the photo’s just being twisted to fit the former prez's narrative, and what's actually going on is...

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