Three schools were evacuated on Friday, after schools and city buildings were evacuated Thursday.
A sign stands outside of the Heritage Center of Clark County in Springfield, Ohio, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the second day in a row, officials have evacuated students from Springfield, Ohio, elementary schools in response to bomb threats.
The evacuations come in the wake of a long list of Republican politicians spotlighting an influx of an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 Haitian immigrants to the town of about 60,000 as of the 2020 census. Many of those politicians, including former President Donald Trump and his current vice-presidential candidate JD Vance, have echoed claims – unsubstantiated,– that some immigrants have been stealing and eating people’s house pets.
Springfield Police declined to provide further information but specified that the threats Friday were separate from those received one day prior. On Thursday, city hall, courts, BMV offices, a health department office, and another elementary school were, explicitly tied the bomb threats to the anti-immigration rhetoric from Republican politicians. He said the emailed threat involved “enough” negative language toward immigrants and Haitians to warrant concern.
Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer reached out to Rue’s office for comment and a copy of the emailed threat.On Friday morning, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted posted a photo of geese on social media with a tongue-in-cheek caption stating “Most Americans agree that these migrants should be deported.” Vance, stated that “Ohio is being inundated with Illegal Migrants, mostly from Haiti, who are taking over Towns and Villages at a level and rate never seen before.
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