Associated Press
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance did not back away on Sunday from the false claims he and Donald Trump have been making that Haitians in an Ohio community are abducting and eating pets, even as the state’s GOP governor and other officials insist there is no evidence of such behavior.
Vance, an Ohio senator, said constituents in Springfield are bringing concerns to him and that at least 10 were “verifiable.” In a series of news show interviews, he said he was amplifying the claims as a way to draw attention to Democrat Presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ immigration policies, which he said are lax, while adding, “Everybody who has dealt with a large influx of migration knows that sometimes there are cultural practices that seem very far out there to a lot of Americans.”
Local and state officials have said the claims are untrue, wrongly cast the city in a negative light and have brought unwanted and frightening negative attention since Trump mentioned it in the presidential debate last week, when he called out Springfield by name. For two days straight, bomb threats prompted the evacuation of schools and government buildings, with some emailed threats referencing an influx of migrants into the community.
But it wasn’t just Springfield officials who were refuting the claims. Gov. Mike DeWine, an Ohio Republican, said Sunday that “there’s a lot of garbage on the internet and, you know, this is a piece of garbage that was simply not true. There’s no evidence of this at all.”
He went on to say: “Let me tell you what we do know, though. What we know is that the Haitians who are in Springfield are legal. They came to Springfield to work. Ohio is on the move, and Springfield has really made a great resurgence with a lot of companies coming in. These Haitians came in to work for these companies. What the companies tell us is that they are very good workers. They’re very happy to have them there. And, frankly, that’s helped the economy.”
3 comments
The Sage Elvis [FKA Earl].
September 15, 2024 at 1:37 pm
Good afternoon Dook 4 Brains Leftys,
There are more reasonable people voting in this upcoming elections than there are Dook 4 Brains Leftys voting.
My main comcern is for you Dooks mental health under the upcoming Trump Administration.
Maybe you Dooks should quickly relocate to a Dook 4 Brains Leftist State prior to the election as you will get to calm your Trump Deraingement Syndrom with lots of weed to get zonked out on and you would be amoungst “Your Dook People”.
I think that will be best for you Dooks.
Your welcome, Dooks,
The Sage Elvis [FKA Earl].
Michael K
September 15, 2024 at 2:04 pm
Stop sane-washing Trump and Vance.
These are racist, fabricated lies. Not “falsehoods.” These are intentional lies designed to exploit the uneducated (as Trump calls them) to create division and spread hate.
Also: these people are not “migrants.” They are legal immigrants, Huge difference.
Shame on the Republican party for fostering and tolerating this crap. Schools in Springfield are closed because of bomb threats. Neither one of these crazy men is fit to serve. They are a disgrace.
Blue
September 15, 2024 at 2:46 pm
If I have to create stories .. yea that cause harm to others. That’s all Vance and Trump and the rest of the MAGA do because they DO NOT CARE and will DO ANYTHING to control others. Fear Project 2025 and this despicable propaganda. Send the message. Vote BLUE across the board. People like Vance has no business being evening the senate