JD Vance's Yale Law Classmates Donate Money To Undo His Damage To The Springfield, Ohio, Haitian Community
Not all Yale Law graduates support the Republican vice-presidential candidate's debunked rumors concerning the stealing and eating of pets.
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In honor of JD Vance and Usha Vance. YLS Class of 2013 stands against scapegoating and demagoguery drawn straight from the playbooks of fascism. With love and a prayer that JD Vance and Usha Chilukuri Vance find the moral strength to reverse the course of their lives.
— A note written by Robert W. Cobbs, a lawyer in Washington, who graduated in the same Yale Law class as Senator JD Vance (R-OH), that was included alongside his $100 donation to fund Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, during Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate. Peter Chen, also a member of the Yale Law Class of 2013, organized the donation. “It was emotionally moving for me, personally, to see all the different messages and to see all the ways that people still reflect those values,” Chen said. Altogether, the Yale Law Class of 2013 raised more than $10,000 for Springfield’s Haitian Community. Click here if you’re interested in donating to the Springfield Unity Fund.
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