CNN —Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Sunday reiterated false claims about Haitian immigrants eating the pets of residents in Springfield, Ohio.
“The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes.
I say that we’re creating a story, meaning we’re creating the American media focusing on it.
Absolutely not,” DeWine said on ABC’s “This Week” when asked if he’d seen any evidence of immigrants eating pets.
DeWine acknowledged that Springfield was having some issues adjusting to the influx of mostly Haitian immigrants through the federal immigration program, but he said officials were working on them.
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Vance, CNN’s Dana, ” Vance, Donald Trump, Bash, “, Kamala Harris, Mike DeWine, ” DeWine, he’d, ”, Rob Rue, DeWine, Springfield, Dana, CNN’s Chris Boyette
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CNN, Republican, Union, Ohio Gov, Springfield, ABC
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Springfield , Ohio, “ State, Springfield, Clark County, Haiti, United States, Ohio