'Your pets are safe': Springfield Mayor slams Trump and says 'we need help, not hate'
6 months ago

'Your pets are safe': Springfield Mayor slams Trump and says 'we need help, not hate'

Raw Story  

The mayor of Springfield, Ohio, denounced former President Donald Trump's promotion of a racist conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants are abducting and eating people's pets in his city. Vance, wrote Monday on X that "months ago, I raised the issue of Haitian illegal immigrants draining social services and generally causing chaos all over Springfield, Ohio." His comments came hours after a bomb threat was called into city hall, which evacuated around 8:30 a.m. City officials said the bomb threat was made against "multiple facilities throughout" the town. When Coates asked if a growing population of Haitian immigrants were the "impetus" for the hateful messages, Rue said there's been "pressure" in the community.

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The untold story of ‘they’re eating the pets’ in Springfield
5 months, 2 weeks ago

The untold story of ‘they’re eating the pets’ in Springfield

Raw Story  

A close look at the origins of Donald Trump’s hoax that Haitian immigrants are “eating the pets” of people in Springfield, Ohio, reveals a completely different story than has been reported of how the falsehood originated and spread. At the June 4 commission meeting, Bill Monaghan, who moderates a Facebook page called “Stop the Influx into Springfield, Ohio,” complained immigrants …

A Springfield business owner defended his Haitian employees. Now Trumpers are sending him death threats
5 months, 2 weeks ago

A Springfield business owner defended his Haitian employees. Now Trumpers are sending him death threats

The Independent  

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Trump’s right, there is a migrant problem in Springfield, Ohio – just not the one he thinks
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s right, there is a migrant problem in Springfield, Ohio – just not the one he thinks

The Telegraph  

In Springfield, Ohio, a quiet, low-lying city of just under 60,000 people on the banks of the Mad River, migrants are eating pet cats and dogs. Donald Trump’s claims during Tuesday’s presidential debate will almost certainly go down as one of his most memorable moments from the campaign – and perhaps even a turning point in the election. Alexis House, …

How Trump’s lies about pet-eating migrants brought misery to Springfield, Ohio
5 months, 3 weeks ago

How Trump’s lies about pet-eating migrants brought misery to Springfield, Ohio

LA Times  

A disturbing scenario has played out at public schools across Springfield, Ohio, in recent days, with children turned away as they arrive or, worse, rushed out of classrooms, all because of bomb threats. As one woman put it, daily life has been “turned upside down by such vitriol and ignorance.” On Thursday, Springfield Mayor Rob Rue issued a proclamation granting …

Springfield mayor seizes ‘emergency powers’ to help deal with threats after Trump’s false claims about migrants
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Springfield mayor seizes ‘emergency powers’ to help deal with threats after Trump’s false claims about migrants

The Independent  

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Trump Supporter Whose Police Report Fueled Cat-Eating Rumor Found Pet In Basement Days Later: WSJ
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump Supporter Whose Police Report Fueled Cat-Eating Rumor Found Pet In Basement Days Later: WSJ

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING An Ohio woman whose police report was used to power racist rumors about Haitian immigrants stealing and eating neighborhood cats has admitted her pet was found in her home, just days after she reported her Haitian neighbors to local police. But the day before the Trump-Harris debate, Springfield City Manager Bryan Heck had explicitly debunked the rumor …

Springfield Ohio cat-eating rumors: I spent the weekend here after Trump’s comments. Yikes.
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Springfield Ohio cat-eating rumors: I spent the weekend here after Trump’s comments. Yikes.

Slate  

Mia Perez started her Friday early, packing her 9-year-old daughter’s lunch and dropping her off at school before heading to a meeting at a community church in downtown Springfield, Ohio, by 9:30 a.m. For her daughter’s sake, she tried to act like everything was normal. She called it a “brutal awakening” for her and other immigrants: “I expected it to …

"The politics of fear": Springfield's Haitian community stays indoors amid Trump-led smear campaign
5 months, 3 weeks ago

"The politics of fear": Springfield's Haitian community stays indoors amid Trump-led smear campaign

Salon  

Haitian residents of Springfield, Ohio, have spent the last week living in terror, their sense of normalcy upended by the wildfire-like spread of a right-wing conspiracy theory accusing them of killing and eating cats. Édouard told Salon that he feels the U.S. citizens in his community have a "negative view" of their Haitian neighbors that they didn't have before the …

Overseas threats hit the Ohio city where Trump and Vance lied about Haitians eating pets
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Overseas threats hit the Ohio city where Trump and Vance lied about Haitians eating pets

Associated Press  

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Ohio stationed state police at Springfield schools Tuesday in response to a rash of bomb threats — the vast majority that officials said came from overseas —- after former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance falsely said legal Haitian immigrants in the small city were eating dogs and cats. Even with dozens …

Springfield schools evacuated yet again over ‘threats’ after Trump’s lies about Haitian immigrants
6 months ago

Springfield schools evacuated yet again over ‘threats’ after Trump’s lies about Haitian immigrants

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Late Saturday Sep 14, the college received an email threat via the admissions link …

Trump plans to visit Springfield, Ohio, after spreading lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets there
6 months ago

Trump plans to visit Springfield, Ohio, after spreading lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets there

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump is said to be planning a trip to …

It’s Been A Hellish Week For The Ohio City Where Donald Trump Claimed People Eat Pets
6 months ago

It’s Been A Hellish Week For The Ohio City Where Donald Trump Claimed People Eat Pets

Huff Post  

“I think here in this town, we’re going to have a — well, you wouldn’t call it a civil war — but an uprising,” said Democrat Joe Backus of Springfield, Ohio. “They’re ignoring them.” But the spotlight Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio’s own junior U.S. Sen. JD Vance, have put on Springfield and its estimated 60,000 residents hasn’t …

Racial tensions in Springfield have simmered for months. Trump’s rhetoric now has Haitians there in a full-blown ‘panic’
6 months ago

Racial tensions in Springfield have simmered for months. Trump’s rhetoric now has Haitians there in a full-blown ‘panic’

The Independent  

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The Simpsons memes go viral after Trump claims that ‘dogs are being eaten in Springfield’
6 months ago

The Simpsons memes go viral after Trump claims that ‘dogs are being eaten in Springfield’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a claim that was almost immediately debunked by ABC News moderator David Muir, Trump …

John Legend responds to Trump's remark on Haitian immigrants in Springfield eating pets: ‘Nobody’s eating cats…'
6 months ago

John Legend responds to Trump's remark on Haitian immigrants in Springfield eating pets: ‘Nobody’s eating cats…'

Hindustan Times  

John Legend addressed Donald Trump’s attack on the Haitian immigrants living in Springfield, Ohio during the presidential debate on Tuesday, September 10. John Legend responds to Trump's remarks about the Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio. Netizens react to John Lgend’s response The netizens were quick to react to his response to the Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield. I’ll wait.” …

Bomb threats close schools and offices after Trump spread false rumors about Haitians in Ohio
6 months ago

Bomb threats close schools and offices after Trump spread false rumors about Haitians in Ohio

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bomb threats prompted the evacuation …

Bomb threats close schools and offices after Trump spread false rumors about Haitians in Ohio
6 months ago

Bomb threats close schools and offices after Trump spread false rumors about Haitians in Ohio

Associated Press  

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Bomb threats prompted the evacuation of schools and government buildings for a second day on Friday in an Ohio community that has been the focus of unwanted attention after former President Donald Trump amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants are abducting and eating pets. A second email said that bombs would be detonated at locations including Springfield …

So what IS the truth about the city where Trump claims migrants are eating the pet cats and dogs? GREG WOODFIELD visits Springfield, Ohio, to find neo-Nazis are marching, residents in utter despair -
6 months ago

So what IS the truth about the city where Trump claims migrants are eating the pet cats and dogs? GREG WOODFIELD visits Springfield, Ohio, to find neo-Nazis are marching, residents in utter despair -

Daily Mail  

For better or – more likely – worse, it was vintage Trump. During a debate with Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump claimed that the 'people that came in' eat cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio To a stunned audience of 67 million Americans – and countless more around the world – Trump was inflaming explosive social media rumours that …

Amid 2 days of Springfield bomb threats, Ohio’s lieutenant governor posts a joke
6 months ago

Amid 2 days of Springfield bomb threats, Ohio’s lieutenant governor posts a joke

Raw Story  

A social media post by Ohio Lt. Gov. A day after a Springfield school and other public buildings were evacuated and closed due to bomb threats, and the same day that two other Springfield elementary schools were evacuated and one middle school closed due to a new, separate bomb threat, Husted posted a photo of two geese on X Friday …

Bomb threats and school closures in Springfield, Ohio after Trump’s migrant pet-eating lies spiral
6 months ago

Bomb threats and school closures in Springfield, Ohio after Trump’s migrant pet-eating lies spiral

The Independent  

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Springfield residents turn on John Legend after Ohio town's most famous son urges them to embrace 15,000 Haitian migrants … from comfort of his Beverly Hills mansion
6 months ago

Springfield residents turn on John Legend after Ohio town's most famous son urges them to embrace 15,000 Haitian migrants … from comfort of his Beverly Hills mansion

Daily Mail  

Singer John Legend waded into the boiling migrant crisis unfolding in his hometown of Springfield, Ohio, by telling the town's residents to 'embrace' the 20,000 Haitian migrants whose arrival has sparked a political firestorm. R&B singer and prominent anti-Trump activist John Legend is demanding residents of his native Springfield, Ohio embrace Haitian migrants, even what he calls their 'dietary preferences' …

A man claimed migrants were killing ducks in the park. In just two weeks, that rumour had spread to Donald Trump
6 months ago

A man claimed migrants were killing ducks in the park. In just two weeks, that rumour had spread to Donald Trump

ABC  

In just two weeks, a neighbourhood rumour went global, amplified by presidential candidate Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance. During a debate against his opponent Kamala Harris this week, Trump claimed Haitian immigrants have been "eating the pets" of Springfield, Ohio residents. "I think we should take the word of the city manager and the mayor that they've …

The Simpsons star Hank Azaria responds to Trump’s Springfield pet eating claims as Chief Wiggum
6 months ago

The Simpsons star Hank Azaria responds to Trump’s Springfield pet eating claims as Chief Wiggum

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hank Azaria, who voices Police Chief Clancy Wiggum in The Simpsons, …

City hall evacuated by bomb threat in town where Trump claims immigrants are eating pets
6 months ago

City hall evacuated by bomb threat in town where Trump claims immigrants are eating pets

Raw Story  

A bomb threat was called into city hall in the Ohio town that has become an immigration flashpoint in Donald Trump's re-election campaign. Springfield city hall was evacuated Thursday around 8:30 a.m. after city officials said the bomb threat was made against "multiple facilities throughout" the town where Trump and his running mate have claimed that Haitian immigrants are stealing …

'Very generous': CNN host laughs at ex-Trump spokesman's attempt to defend 'dogs and cats'
6 months ago

'Very generous': CNN host laughs at ex-Trump spokesman's attempt to defend 'dogs and cats'

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's baseless comments about immigrants stealing and eating pets in Ohio have been the basis for countless mocking memes since the debate, and one of his former spokespeople attempted to place them into a reasonable context. The Republican nominee repeated claims during Tuesday night's debate that got a neo-Nazi kicked out of a Springfield city council meeting exactly two …

City faces bomb threat after Trump falsely accuses Haitian immigrants of eating dogs
6 months ago

City faces bomb threat after Trump falsely accuses Haitian immigrants of eating dogs

Salon  

A bomb threat on Thursday forced officials to evacuate City Hall in Springfield, Ohio, a city that has garnered considerable national attention because of Donald Trump and his running mate’s false claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets, 2News reported. “We ask the community to avoid the area surrounding City Hall vicinity while the investigation is ongoing and to report …

An Ohio city reshaped by Haitian immigrants lands in an unwelcome spotlight
6 months ago

An Ohio city reshaped by Haitian immigrants lands in an unwelcome spotlight

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At the city’s Haitian Community Help and Support Center …

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