Springfield Mayor Warren Rue accused Senator J.D. Vance of fueling a hostile environment by amplifying baseless claims about Haitian immigrants, leading to bomb threats and the breakdown of a planned meeting.
“The safety of our residents is a responsibility we take seriously, and it should not be politicized," the mayor said in an email exchange from Sept. 17th and 18th obtained by ABC 6 News.
“Senator Vance’s interest in the situation in Springfield long predated the national news media furor. He took the concerns the city had expressed to him months ago to heart and has, like you, been inundated with constituent complaints about the situation.” The mayor also chided Vance for running with unconfirmed information about Springfield without touching base:
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