Posted on 09/23/2024 4:38:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Donald Trump has no plans to visit Springfield, Ohio, despite pledging to do so at a rally last week, Newsweek can reveal.
The city was unwittingly thrust into the national spotlight this month after the former president and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, amplified claims that its Haitian migrant community were killing and eating residents' pets.
At a rally in Long Island on September 18, Trump said that he planned to visit Springfield in the next two weeks.
However, two sources familiar with the matter have said Trump is not expected to visit the city in the near future.
It comes as Ohio's Republican Governor Mike DeWine warned that a visit from Trump would "strain" relations with the local community and slammed the former president for what he called "hurtful" rhetoric.
Springfield became a focal point in the immigration debate after unproven rumors began spreading on social media that Haitian migrants were stealing and eating pets.
One post online claimed a woman had eaten a cat outside a home in Springfield—a city that has seen a sharp increase in migrants over the past two years. Many of those migrants have come from Haiti and are in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) that allows them to live and work without fear of deportation.
The pet-eating rumors gained further attention when Trump brought them up during the presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.
"In Springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came in. They're eating the cats ... They're eating the pets of the people that live there. And this is what's happening in our country, and it's a shame," Trump said.
While those rumors started as Facebook gossip that has since been debunked, Springfield has seen a rise in...
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No serious person watches “the MSM” for political news or commentary
The problem is there are way too many “non-serious” people in this country.
Thank you :)
16 pet cats have suddenly disappeared in Bangor, Maine. No remains were found.
Experts don't believe an animal did this.
Bangor just had an influx of Haitians.pic.twitter.com/vUjPDHs0iR— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 23, 2024
DeWhine is friggin’ neverTrumper. Always has been.
He’s as deep in the swamp as any governor can be.
The next President of the United States is a “strain” on the city but 20,000 Haitian freeloaders aren’t. Sounds like somebody is constipated with all this straining going on.
Wasn’t that what they were claiming a few days ago? Everything was just peachy with all those wonderful Haitians who are revitalizing the Springfield economy. No?
And President Harris will cackle as she reads it with her morning coffee. So disappointing.
“Debunked” like the Hunter Biden laptop story.
It’ll be “re-bunked” three years from now.
I don’t take the word of the media. There are actual Haitians who say that’s what they do.
Dewine is SUCH a twerp
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