Kamala Harris On Bomb Threats At Schools In Springfield, Ohio: ‘It’s A Crying Shame’

Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday that her “heart breaks” for the people of Springfield, Ohio, as they weather bomb threats and school evacuations ― all because of racist lies being fanned by Donald Trump and other GOPers about immigrants there eating people’s pets.

“It’s a crying shame,” Harris said of the situation. “I mean, my heart breaks for this community.”

The vice president, who made her remarks during an interview at a National Association of Black Journalists event, noted that Springfield elementary schools were being evacuated on the same day that kids were supposed to get their class pictures taken.

“It was school photo day. You remember what that’s like? Going to school on picture day? Dressed up in their best? Got all ready? Knew what they were gonna wear the night before?” Harris said. “It had to be evacuated. Children. Children.”

Trump and his vice presidential running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), have both amplified racist fearmongering about Haitian immigrants in this small Ohio community, where life has been upended in the last couple of weeks.

Trump has vowed that if he wins in November, he’ll begin his plans for mass deportations with immigrants in Springfield, where the Haitian population is mostly legal. He pretends not to know about the bomb threats that he’s helped to stoke: “I don’t know what happened with the bomb threats. I know that it’s been taken over by illegal migrants, and that’s a terrible thing that happened,” he said Saturday.

Vance, who grew up an hour south of Springfield and who represents the people of this community in the Senate, has admitted there is no basis for the lies he’s been spreading about Haitian immigrants eating people’s pets. But he’s still encouraged