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Writers: JD Vance sees scapegoating as a powerful tool in GOP's quest to reclaim the White House

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JD Vance's attacks on Haitian immigrants have fueled a common refrain from Democrats that he and former President Donald Trump are “scapegoating” immigrants.

Julian Zelizer : But for Vance , especially, there is likely nothing accidental or impulsive about it.

Zelizer says the GOP vice-presidential nominee appears to see scapegoating in a different light: as a powerful political tool in Republicans ' quest to reclaim the White House .

Frida Ghitis : GOP Rep. Scott Vance's comments have become impossible to overlook.

She says he seems to be aware of his role in raising the stakes of the conflict in Springfield , Ohio .

Ghitis says he is consciously stoking the conflict to promote cohesion among his native-born political base.

She asks: If mass society needs some amount of ritualistic violence to maintain itself, Vance seems ready to let it play out.

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informal

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English

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