How right-wing social media took false claims about Haitians eating pets to the debate
Here's how influencers, monetized accounts and algorithms helped propel false claims about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
First Trump said Haitian migrants in Ohio were ‘eating the pets’. Now he says they’re ‘destroying America’
You may never see me again, but that’s okay,’ Trump jokes after saying he’ll visit Springfield, city at center of his false claims that migrants are eating people’s dogs and cats
From 'rapists' to 'eating the pets': Trump has long used degrading language toward immigrants
Trump’s lies about Haitian immigrants were simply his latest rhetoric that dehumanizes and targets immigrant populations.
Did Trump defame Springfield, Ohio, with baseless claims of migrants eating pets? Experts are torn
MANHATTAN (CN) — Donald Trump and his allies thrust a small Midwestern city into the national spotlight this month with baseless claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were stealing and eating pet cats and dogs.
Opinion
‘They’re eating pets’ – another example of US politicians smearing Haiti and Haitian immigrants
Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance continues to defend the false claim that migrants in Springfield, Ohio, have been abducting and eating area cats and dogs. That outlandish idea has been thoroughly debunked since former President Donald Trump repeatedly raised it as an anti-immigrant talking point in the Sept.
Ohio GOP Gov. DeWine slams Trump, Vance for baseless claims about Haitian migrants
Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine delivered his strongest condemnation yet of former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, for their continued false claims regarding Haitian migrants in Springfield.
Mika: Trump’s bogus claim about pet-eating Haitians reveals exactly who he is
In this week’s episode of “Morning Mika,” Mika Brzezinski, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Huma Abedin examine Trump’s recent remarks dehumanizing Haitian immigrants – and what it says about his potential second-term agenda.
Trump Supporter Who Blamed Haitians for Stealing Cat Finds Pet in Basement
A Trump supporter in Springfield, Ohio, who filed a police report accusing Haitian migrants of stealing her cat, recently discovered her pet hiding in her own basement. Anna Kilgore gained national attention after filing a police report in which she accused her Haitian neighbors of being responsible for her cat's disappearance in late August,
Haitian migrants in Ohio feel threatened in US presidential campaign
In the U.S. presidential election, Republican candidates have spread false claims that migrants in the Midwest state of Ohio are eating residents’ pet cats and dogs. That has led to security threats and more divisions in an election where immigration is a central campaign theme.
The false narrative of immigrants eating pets has a long history
Immigrants eating pets' has long been used to vilify Asian immigrants. Now it's being used to malign Haitian immigrants.
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Trump’s lies about immigrants eating pets defiled something sacred to Catholics: a shared meal
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Perspective: Eating pets
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Trump’s Viral ‘They’re Eating The Pets’ Line Spawns TikTok Dance Craze
TikTok has a funny new dance trend, thanks to Donald Trump's debate remarks about Haitian immigrants eating pets. But the ...
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How a fringe online claim about immigrants eating pets made its way to the debate stage
“They’re eating the cats. They’re eating … the pets of the people that live there. And this is what’s happening in our ...
J.D. Vance admits he created fake story about Haitian migrants eating pets as calls for his resignation grow
If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of American people, then that ...
Singer John Legend lectures hometown to 'embrace' Haitian migrants, denies they are eating pets in Ohio city
Entertainer John Legend took to social media Thursday to critique Donald Trump’s widely debunked claims that Haitian ...