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Sep 20, 2024 | startribune.com | Aaron Kessler |David Klepper |Trenton Daniel |TRENTON DANIELThe

WASHINGTON — JD Vance not long ago described conspiracy theories as the feverish imaginings produced by ''fringe lunatics writing about all manner of idiocy.'' That was before he became a rising star in Republican politics. The Ohio senator and GOP's vice presidential nominee has in recent years declared that the federal government deliberately allowed fentanyl into the United States to kill conservative and rural voters.