During the debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump poured fuel on local grievances with a baseless conspiracy theory.
Many Haitians have come to the U.S. to flee poverty and violence. They have embraced President Joe Biden's new and expanded legal pathways to enter, and have shunned illegal crossings, accounting for only 92 border arrests out of more than 56,000 in July, the latest data available.
Voters across party lines reacted to a moment in which former President Trump claimed migrants were eating pets in a town in the swing state of Ohio.
Trump backed the false claim in the presidential debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, saying, “They’re eating the dogs, the people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating the pets of the people that live there, and this is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame.”
Springfield’s city manager and the father of a boy killed in a bus accident criticize assertions made by the candidates and other politicians.
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.
During the debate, former President Trump made unfounded claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio are eating cats and dogs. The town's city manager has reiterated that there are no credible reports of pets being abused.
CNN’s Omar Jimenez visits Springfield, Ohio, where former President Donald Trump falsely claimed migrants are eating people’s pets.
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.
Former President Donald Trump has amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are abducting and eating pets
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