Your dogs and cats are safe, y’all! And so are your geese!
As we’ve been following, Donald Trump has been trying to push the narrative that Haitian immigrants living in Springfield, Ohio are using the community’s pets, as well as ducks and geese from local parks, for food. It was a baseless and harmful claim originally put forth by Clark County resident Erika Lee, who claimed in a Springfield Ohio Crime and Information post that an acquaintance lost their cat and later saw it hanging from their Haitian neighbor’s tree to be carved up and eaten.
The harmful rhetoric infamously made its way to the presidential debate stage, where Donald claimed:
“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.”
Moderator David Muir quickly shut down the rumors, claiming the city manager “told us there had been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community.”
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Hell, even Erika, herself, spoke out to try and backpedal claiming that she never actually did ever witness an attack on anyone’s pets, and that it was just a rumor that “exploded into something I didn’t mean to happen.”
Still, Donald has bulldozed forward continuing to perpetuate the debunked rumor, even telling supporters at a rally in Arizona earlier this week that migrants are eating geese. He said:
“A recording of 911 calls show that residents are reporting that the migrants are walking off with the town’s geese. They’re taking the geese. You know where the geese are? In the park, in the lake. And even walking off with their pets.”
THIS latest version of the rumor stems from a viral photo of a dude walking with two dead geese in tow… You can see (below):
Ohio Wildlife Officials Give Context for Photo of Man Holding 2 Geese | Click to read more ???? https://t.co/egeTz4vDRc
— TMZ (@TMZ) September 13, 2024
But his destination certainly wasn’t the kitchen. In fact, he was reportedly actually just cleaning up the street after an incident! A representative for the Ohio Division of Wildlife told TMZ on Friday that the man picked up the geese after they were hit in a car accident. And there’s absolutely zero evidence that the dude is either a migrant, or Haitian, or that he had plans to consume the roadkill. AND, this wasn’t even in Springfield, but about 45 minutes away in Columbus!
This rhetoric that continues to be pushed onto the Haitian community is not only hateful and racist, but potentially puts their safety at risk! This needs to stop!
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