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The Republican mayor of Springfield has said he would be “fine” with Donald Trump canning his planned visit to the town, after the former president touted a baseless rumor that the city’s Haitian immigrants are eating people’s pets.
The mayor of Springfield, Ohio, said a visit to the region by Donald Trump would be an “extreme strain” on the city’s resources, and he would be “fine” if the former president decided not to come.
Ohio state police will conduct daily sweeps of schools in Springfield after authorities have been forced to investigate "at least 33" bomb threats that led to evacuations and temporary building closures, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Monday. "We want to make sure, as school continues this week in Springfield, that parents have confidence that the school is in fact safe," the Republican governor said at a press conference. Each bomb threat has been a hoax without "any validity at all," DeWine said. Springfield has become the face of the national immigration debate after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, repeatedly spread baseless claims about Haitian immigrants stealing and eating city residents' pets. Vance first promoted the unfounded rumors in a Sept. 9 post on social media platform X, but Trump boosted the claims further a day
Donald Trump and his running mate on Friday continued to disparage Haitian migrants in an Ohio community, further fueling false claims the Republicans have promoted even as the city saw bomb threats and school evacuations and local officials called for a cooling of the anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Officials in Springfield, Ohio, have pushed back on a racist rumor amplified by the Trump campaign that Haitian residents are eating people’s pets, as the baseless claims have prompted bomb threats against city buildings and terrified local residents.
Rob Rue, the mayor of Springfield, Ohio, rejected racist claims spread by former President Donald Trump this week that migrants were eating residents’ pets, saying such rhetoric was hurting citizens and hurting the community.
The city hall building in Springfield, Ohio was evacuated on Thursday after reportedly receiving a bomb threat, days after the city was thrust into the national spotlight when former President Donald Trump shared racist lies about immigrants living there.
WASHINGTON — Several Democrats warned this week that unfounded Republican accusations about Haitian immigrants eating people’s pets could lead to violence against the Haitian community.