The mayor of Springfield, Ohio, has confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that the Trump campaign echoed false claims about Haitian immigrants since the September presidential debate – despite the city informing a campaign staffer the day before the rumors were “baseless.
” Mayor Rob Rue confirmed to CNN Thursday night that Springfield city manager Bryan Heck received a call on September 9 from a staffer of vice presidential candidate JD Vance, as the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Heck told the Journal the staffer asked if there was any truth in rumors that Haitian immigrants were taking and eating pets. “He asked point-blank, ‘Are the rumors true of pets being taken and eaten?’” Heck told the Journal. “I told him no.
So I have two options, Dana: I can ignore them, which is what the American media has done for years to this community, or I can actually talk about what people are telling me,” Vance said. A spokesperson for Vance, in response to CNN’s request for comment on the Journal report, accused the media of “purposely twisting Senator Vance’s words.
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