Don's 'immigrants eating pets' hard to swallow, say voters
The Free Press Journal|September 12, 2024
Baseless rumors have spread on social media for days claiming that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are abducting and eating pets
Don's 'immigrants eating pets' hard to swallow, say voters

Former President Donald Trump, during Tuesday's presidential debate, pushed the baseless claim about Haitian immigrants in Ohio eating dogs and other pets.

"They're eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the cats," Trump said during an answer to a question about immigration. "They're eating the pets of the people that live there, and this is what's happening in our country, and it's a shame."

Trump's answer was among the most extraordinary of the first 30 minutes of the debate: a former U.S. president spreading an internet rumor one labeled by some of his critics as racist in front of an audience of millions of Americans.

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