Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says baseless claims about Haitian immigrants are 'garbage'

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During an interview with Meet the Press, Republican VP nominee JD Vance defends the claims he’s shared about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. Local police and city officials have repeatedly said there is no evidence of such crimes in Springfield.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Sunday decried former President Donald Trump's baseless claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio were eating dogs and other pets as 'garbage,' but stopped short of directly condemning the former president and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, for spreading the false claims. “There’s a lot of garbage on the internet. You know, this is a piece of garbage that was simply not true.

And when you talk to the employers, what the employers tell you is, you know, we don’t know what we would do without them. They are working, and they’re working very hard.” DeWine, however, stood by his endorsement of Trump when asked about whether his support of the former president has softened in light of his false claims. “I’ve said before we knew who the nominee was going to be, I would support the Republican nominee for president,” he said. “I am a Republican.

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