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Springfield, Ohio, Mayor Rob Rue is a Black Lives Matter supporter and radical masker. X posts from Rob Rue’s account show that he posted pro-BLM messaging during the 2020 ANTIFA-BLM riots. Rue’s pro-BLM posts also inferred that white Christians are racist as he shared messaging calling on Christians to “confront racism in the churches.” Mayor Rue’s X account also shared masking demands during the Covid pandemic in 2021. It is important to note that the slogan of Springfield, Ohio, is “Forward Together,” which sounds similar to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 slogan of “Stronger Together” and Kamala Harris’s current slogan of “We...

The Republican mayor of an Ohio city that has been the target of unfounded claims from former President Donald Trump and his running mate about Haitian immigrants eating residents’ pets said Tuesday that a visit from the Republican presidential nominee would strain the city's resources. “It would be an extreme strain on our resources. So it’d be fine with me if they decided not to make that visit,” Springfield Mayor Rob Rue said during a news conference at City Hall on Tuesday. Officials in Springfield have said the allegations were meritless, with city police issuing a statement that said there...