Former President Donald Trump at his Sept. 10 debate with Vice President Kamala Harris repeated a debunked claim that Haitian immigrants were eating people’s pets in Springfield, Ohio.
“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there,” Trump said as he attacked Harris and President Joe Biden’s immigration policies.
He doubled down on the claim after being corrected by debate moderator David Muir, despite multiple news outlets debunking the claim a day earlier and against the backdrop of rebuttals from Springfield city officials.
The claim appears to stem from an unverified secondhand Facebook post. A city spokesperson and Springfield police said they have received no credible reports that pets are being abducted and eaten by the immigrants. Springfield’s mayor also said the claims are not credible at a Sept. 10 city commission meeting.
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Trump Accuses Immigrants of Eating Pets
Former President Donald Trump at his Sept. 10 debate with Vice President Kamala Harris repeated a debunked claim that Haitian immigrants were eating people’s pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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