From attacks on “childless cat ladies” to claims of migrants devouring neighbors’ pets, Senator JD Vance is providing many Americans with their first glimpse of an ultra-online, aggressively combative generation of rabble-rousing conservatism.

Despite digressions involving cats and a hiccup on abortion policy, Donald Trump has grown close to JD Vance, talking with him almost every day and cheering on his frequent TV appearances.

JD Vance said over the weekend that he “learned my lesson” on getting ahead of Donald Trump after accidentally announcing an abortion position Trump later disavowed. He might still have some work to do.

The Republican has said his constituents are eating cats and dogs, but the sources of the complaints have backtracked.

Former President Donald Trump said he plans to visit Springfield, Ohio — the city of which he has spread lies about migrants eating residents’ pets — despite local officials saying the town already has an intense strain on its resources.