'You started this': JD Vance's apology demand gets instant backlash

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is under attack after downplaying bomb threats across Springfield, Ohio on the grounds that no bombs have actually been found in the targeted schools.

The threats on the community and schools have been going on for the past several days and they have forced multiple evacuations, although no one has yet planted an actual explosive device at any of the buildings.

Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, Vance demanded an apology from the media and Democrats who pointed the finger at him and Trump for the threats.

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However, Vance's comments were met with a swift backlash.

Actor Brian Guest posted on X, "JD Vance wants an apology because some bomb threats were fake. He wants them to be real."

Writer Gavin Aronsen pointed out, "Most bomb threats are hoaxes, doesn't make them not threats."

Indeed, under the law, threats of terrorism are considered acts of terrorism, even if they are never carried out.

"I’m sorry you’re such a tool," complained longtime TV writer Steve Marmel. "Does that count? You started this. You admit you make up stories. You aren’t owed an apology, you’re owed an impeachment."

HillReporter writer Tara Dublin replied to Vance saying, "I’m still waiting on a correction and apology from you to Haitian immigrants legally living in Springfield for threatening their lives. You told Dana Bash that you make up stories just like this one, Vladimir Futon You’re a LIAR."

Bastian Brauns, the U.S. correspondent for the German news site T-Online, responded to Vance's communications director, William Martin, saying, "The threats began with Vance and Trump's lies and are terrorizing a city of 70,000 people. They would not have happened out of the blue; it’s fake Vance, not fake media."