Even as their racist lies about Haitian immigrants are wreaking havoc in Springfield, Ohio, Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance have reasserted their bogus claims and made them the basis of their anti-immigrant campaign push.
It’s been five weeks since Donald Trump stood on a debate stage and told a bizarre lie about developments in Ohio. “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs,” the former president said before a national television audience, despite reality. “The people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating the pets of the people that live there.” Predictably, there were dangerous consequences — bomb threats, closed buildings, canceled events, terrified residents, death threats, etc.
The results weren’t especially close: According to the survey, only 24% of Ohioans said they believe Trump’s comments about Haitian immigrants eating people’s pets were “probably” or “definitely” true, while 57% said the claims are probably or definitely false. At first blush, this seems relatively encouraging.
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