Vance, in a post on X, cited unnamed “reports” that people in Springfield, Ohio, “have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country.” Police say there have been no reports.
By Mariana Alfaro, The Washington PostRepublican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance, seen here campaigning in Michigan last month, shared a post on X Monday in which he cited unnamed “reports” claiming that people in Springfield, Ohio, “have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country.”
Police in Springfield told local news outlets that there are no reports of pets being stolen or eaten in the city. Though Harris was not in charge of border policy during the Biden administration, she was tasked with meeting with the leaders of Central American countries to discuss the factors that push immigrants out of their home countries - a role Republicans have sought to use to tie the issue of immigration to her on the campaign trail. Spokespeople for the Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Republicans’ attacks.
“Many residents have contacted Senator Vance to share their concerns over crime and traffic accidents, and to express that they no longer feel safe in their own homes,” the spokesperson said. “JD takes his constituents’ concerns seriously,” the spokesperson added. But the police statement did not stop Republicans from amplifying Vance and the Trump campaign’s messaging against Harris and immigrants. The Trump campaign, in its news release, cited a Daily Mail story covering the Facebook user’s baseless claims and, in a post shared on X, the Trump War Room said Trump, if elected “will deport migrants who eat pets. Kamala Harris will send them to your town next. Make your choice, America.
And, also on Monday, Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced that his office would “exhaust all possibilities” to address the arrival of “an unlimited number of migrants to Ohio communities,” arguing that residents have, among other things, complained that migrants were reportedly “killing wildlife for food.”
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