A Cincinnati Enquirer story posted online Monday said some people are conflating her August arrest with unsubstantiated rumors alleging that Haitian immigrants in the southwest Ohio city of Springfield are eating pets.

A video posted on YouTube falsely purports to show police officers confronting a Haitian woman in Springfield about eating a cat.

In reality, the video actually shows police department bodycam video of Canton officers at the scene of the Aug. 16 incident in Canton. The video posted by the "Fake News Network" carries the title "Haitian Woman Eats Neighbour's Cat in Springfield."

In response to rumors spread on social media, Springfield City Manager Bryan Heck, through his office, released a statement Monday saying there's no evidence of any cats or other pets being harmed or eaten by the Haitian immigrants. This was in response to rumors spread on social media, including by Republican vice-presidential candidate and U.S. Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio.

Despite Springfield's efforts to debunk the pet-eating rumors, some politicians continued Monday to spread the false narrative. The presidential campaign of former President Donald Trump, on the social media site X, posted "President Trump will deport migrants that eat pets."

After last night's complete meltdown by Trump - which turned him into an angry vitriolic buffoon actually saying that because he saw something on Fox News that it must be real - people all over America should be afraid if Trump becomes POTUS again with his deranged warped sense of grievance and his total mental disconnection from reality.

2 half black presidents make a whole?

In the eyes of American history, 1/64ths African blood makes its owner "black" as a matter of former anti-misogyny laws in the South.

In reality, black is based as much on appearance as it is actual ethnic lineage.

So yes, the US presidency is indeed a "black job" when occupied by anyone looking like either Barack Obama or Kamala Harris.

Just ask Trump or one of his supporters if they recognize Obama's white lineage as anything but a rhetorical device like you just did.

The truth behind this and most other rabbit hole dives done far too often by Republican politicians who should know better than to take wild self-serving internet stories at face value, is that as a group, Republicans seldom make any efforts at truthseeking fact finding. It's documented:

Good grief. An MSNBC reporter just spoke about the facts of this story and mistakenly told viewers the cat-eating incident happened in Springfield instead of Canton.

I wonder how long it will take someone to correct this egregious error?