John Legend Defends Ohio Haitian Community Following Anti-Migrant Lies From GOP
Singer John Legend defended the Haitian community in his hometown of Springfield, Ohio, after Republican politicians spread anti-migrant claims about them.
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Singer John Legend defended the Haitian community in his hometown of Springfield, Ohio, after Republican politicians spread anti-migrant claims about them.
Donald Trump’s false claim that immigrants in Ohio are abducting pets and eating them during Tuesday’s presidential debate was quickly slapped down by ABC News moderator David Muir.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The governor of Ohio will send law enforcement and millions of dollars in healthcare resources to the city of Springfield as it faces a surge in temporary Haitian migrants that has landed it in the national spotlight.
A White House national security spokesperson on Tuesday denounced Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s “dangerous” comments suggesting Haitian immigrants were stealing and eating people’s pets.
Senator JD Vance of Ohio, former President Donald J. Trump’s running mate, appeared to backtrack on Tuesday on an outlandish false claim that he had promoted a day earlier saying that Haitian residents of Springfield, Ohio, were abducting and eating their neighbors’ pets.
A Biden administration official on Tuesday said it was "dangerous" for Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio to promote a false conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants were stealing and eating other people's pets. The scathing criticism came as Vance admitted that "it's possible" that the rumor he spread of pet eating by immigrants would turn out to be false, and as police in Springfield, Ohio, said they had no information to back up the conspiracy theory. "What's deeply concerning to us is you've got now elected officials in the Republican Party pushing, you know, yet another conspiracy theory that's just seeking to divide people based on lies, and, let's be honest, based on an element of racism," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters, reacting to Vance's initial claim of pet eating. "This kind of language, this kind of disinformation, is, is dangerous because there will be people that believe it no matter how ludicrous and stupid it is,
Using dehumanizing language to describe immigrants is nothing new for former president Donald Trump or vice presidential candidate JD Vance. Accusations of immigrants being criminals, rapists, poisoning the blood of the nation have become common currency. But this week, the rhetoric seemed to hit a new low: the allegation that immigrants eat pets.
Police say they have not received any credible reports of immigrants harming people’s pets in Springfield, Ohio, as a racist rumor spread further by JD Vance continues to circulate.