JD Vance Bizarrely Says ‘Ethnic Enclaves’ Spike U.S. Crime Rates

JD Vance’s run of head-scratching comments continued Friday.

That’s when the vice presidential hopeful said during a campaign event that he believes “ethnic enclaves” often “lead to higher crime rates” in American cities.

The comment comes a day after a 2021 podcast interview Vance gave to the misogynist Jack Murphy, who infamously wrote that “feminists need rape” and degradation, was resurfaced. The topic of “ethnic enclaves” came up back then, with Vance explaining that the waves of Italian, Irish, and German immigrants led to a spike in crime in the 19th century.

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