Father of 11-year-old killed in crash by Haitian immigrant fumes at Trump, Vance for using son as ‘political tool’

Nathan Clark, an Ohio man who lost his 11-year-old son Aiden in a bus crash last year, stood before the Springfield City Commission meeting on Tuesday, begging Donald Trump, JD Vance and other “morally bankrupt” politicians to stop using his son’s tragic death for “political gain.”

“You know, I wish that my son, Aidan Clark, was killed by a 60-year-old white man,” Clark began while standing next to his wife and mother of their son, Danielle Clark. “If that guy killed my 11-year-old son the incessant group of hate-spewing people would leave us alone.”

Clark told those at the meeting that former president Donald Trump, Senator JD Vance, Representative Chip Roy and Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno had all “spoken” his son’s name and “used his death for political gain.”

“This needs to stop now they can vomit all the hate they want about illegal immigrants, the border crisis and even untrue claims about fluffy pets being ravaged and eaten by community members. However they are not allowed nor have they been allowed to mention Aiden Clark from Springfield, Ohio,” Clark said.

Last August, Aiden was killed in a bus crash when a car, driven by Haitian immigrant Hermanio Joseph, veered into the path of the school, colliding with it and sending the bus off the side of the road. At least 20 other schoolchildren were injured.

Joseph, who was in Springfield under protected immigration status, was sentenced to at least nine years in prison on charges of first-degree felony involuntary manslaughter and fourth-degree felony vehicular homicide.

As the Clark family tried to grieve the loss of their son, some conservative politicians quickly capitalized on the incident to espouse anti-immigration rhetoric and criticize President Joe