Posted on 10/31/2024 12:00:04 PM PDT by DFG
Ohio GOP Gov. Mike DeWine claimed that the economic progress made in Springfield would be lost if the thousands of Haitians currently living there were to leave.
Springfield attracted widespread media attention following viral online claims about Haitian migrants allegedly eating pets, and many longtime residents saying the vast influx of migrants has caused strain to the city’s infrastructure. However, the Republican governor on Wednesday said the thousands of Haitians who’ve made Springfield home are essential for the city’s job sector.
“I was asked the question several weeks ago: What would happen if all the Haitians were gone from Springfield?’ DeWine said during a press conference that pertained to declining overdose deaths in Ohio. “And the reality is that some of the economic progress that we have made at Springfield will go away.”
“Haitians came here to work,” the Republican governor said. “They were hired because there was work. They were hired because there were openings that could not be filled by companies.”
Springfield was thrust into the national spotlight in September after it was alleged on a social media page for local residents that a Haitian migrant had been spotted butchering a pet cat for consumption. That claim gained further attention when former President Donald Trump made mention of it it during his presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Daily Caller News Foundation visited Springfield and spoke to longtime residents about the attention surrounding the town. While no one who spoke with the DCNF could confirm claims of pet-eating by migrants, many locals expressed dismay at the sheer number of Haitian migrants entering the relatively small town — with estimates saying 15,000 to 20,000 Haitians descended into Springfield in just the last several years, overwhelming a city of fewer than 60,000.
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Ohio needs a new governor.
Cat food industry will take a hit.
The bribe must have been substantial! Or he has a closet full of secrets. Jerk.
Well, Musk said he may have lost money when he bought Twitter, but he made it clear there are some things more important than money.
Okay, well, castrate them and they can stay.
Haitians came to WORK? That’s funny. Look at photos of them in their native country, walking past piles of garbage that they fail to pick up. What work are the highly skilled Haitian illegals qualified to perform? Besides running people over and robbery? DeWine is a liar and mentally challenged.
Businesses that employ illegal immigrants should pay massive fines. Like half a million for each illegal employee. Cheap foreign labor should not be tolerated. It just screws the citizen taxpayers.
Is there a lot of economic progress in Haiti? If not, why?
Cuck.
economic progress
Folks,
More people should study the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.
take some time to read classics.
They can build the economy of Haiti
WTH is this RINO talking about?
DeWine is such a filthy RINO. Just like Kasich before him.
He can invite them to Columbus. Lots of fresh Kitty’s there.
Mike and his wife sponsered a School in Haiti. He is inpart responible for alot of this.
is mike collecting rents too?
He’ll be gone in couple. Better he’s there than in the senate.
Is this a**hole for real?
The Ohio employment rate is a joke. Heavy industry in Cleveland, Youngstown etc suckin wind. People taking crap jobs because the old car company / parts mfgrs are gone.
And even if the SOB with the big machine shop needed non-pillbilly workers, they didn’t have to be illegal aliens from the worst country in the Americas. Hell, on a temporary basis they could have imported Ukrainians. REAL Refugees. Those people would actually have family there - Ukes, Poles, Slovaks, Czechs are all famously part of Northern and Western Ohio.
But this disgusting, grungy cheap labor shill thinks no skill tropical illiterates are better?
Throw him in the Cuyahoga and light it on fire.
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