He was drawing attention to the fact that a small town of 60,000 had an influx of 15,000 Haitian immigrants on short work visas. These visas allow large employers to evade having to pay for health coverage - cheap labour, job shortages for those already there and a break up of community. Surprisingly, flagging this wasn't making the headlines the Republicans needed.

“If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that’s what I’m going to do.” - JD Vance.

And the Dems fell for it - jumping in on Trump's story, allowed the interview to be shifted into immigration, Harris' soft-political underbelly. Once all eyes were on Springfield, the discussion was on friendly Red territory.