Former President Donald Trump and his campaign are accusing Haitians of eating cats and other pets in Springfield, Ohio, a Midwestern city currently experiencing an influx of Haitian immigrants and being dragged into the U.S. presidential campaign.
Former President Donald Trump has amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are abducting and eating pets
"PBS NewsHour" reports on how the Trump campaign putting Springfield, Ohio's massive wave of Haitian immigrants into the national conversation could impact the city. They speak to a Baptist pastor who says the Haitians are re-filling his pews,
During the debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump poured fuel on local grievances with a baseless conspiracy theory.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, distanced himself from former President Donald Trump's false claim that Haitian immigrants in Springfield are eating people's pets. "This is something that came up on the internet,
Nathan Clark said Tuesday at a Springfield City Commission meeting that he wished the crash that killed his son, Aiden, had been caused by a 60-year-old white man instead of a Haitian immigrant because then “the incessant group of hate spewing people would leave us alone.
On the debate stage Tuesday, Trump doubled down on baseless and dehumanizing claims pushed by his running mate that immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, and stealing and eating pets.
The ongoing court case of a Canton woman accused of eating cat has mistakenly become a part of online presidential campaign chatter.
The viral claim about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, has garnered millions of views on X, and former President Donald Trump repeated it in the debate.