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The social media user who posted what appears to be one of the first claims of Haitian migrants kidnapping and eating family pets in Springfield, Ohio was simply repeating a story she had heard from a neighbor"who'd heard it themselves from a friend, who'd heard it from someone else, according to a new report.

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Not that it will make a whit of difference to MAGAts.

They'll probably cake on blackface, fake a Jamaican accent and murder neighborhood cats rather than allow DonOld to be proven wrong.

#1 | Posted by censored at 2024-09-13 07:26 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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#2 | Posted by censored at 2024-09-13 12:06 PM | Reply

Hold Fat Donnie Hitler personally responsible.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-09-14 09:50 PM | Reply

The more the left makes an issue of Trump's claims, the more likely voters will do their own research. It doesn't matter if pets are being eaten or not, the stress on communities is real. Joe and Kamala's open border policy is destroying the fabric of many communities.

#4 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-14 10:56 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Let it go morons Springfield doesn't have a massive cat killing problem.

#5 | Posted by Tor at 2024-09-14 11:06 PM | Reply

BREAKING: Trump henchman, Stephen Miller, has arrived in Springfield to chase all the immigrants out!

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#6 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-14 11:12 PM | Reply

- It doesn't matter if pets are being eaten

That Trump is lying doesn't matter to Trumpers... let me write that down somewhere.

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-14 11:29 PM | Reply

Independent voters are going online and seeing video after video of the devastation caused by Joe and Kamala's open border policy in Springfield. So keep talking up the cats being eaten.

#8 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-14 11:35 PM | Reply

That Trump is lying doesn't matter to Trumpers...

That has been patently obvious for a long time.

#9 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-09-14 11:36 PM | Reply

"I'm running to be president of all Americans, that's everybody, and whether you vote for me or don't vote for me, I really want to be your greatest champion and I will be your champion," Harris told a small group of Haitian-Americans in Miami.

See, that is how you support immigrants!

#10 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-09-14 11:58 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Lying liars lie... Visitor is a supreme example.

It's always good to be good as something, I s'pose, no matter how immoral and unethical it is.

Fighting the Dem Menace of taking tax cuts away from billionaires and corporations is worth any cost.

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-14 11:59 PM | Reply

good at

#12 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-15 12:00 AM | Reply

The problems caused by Biden/Harris' open border policy are now front and center for many more voters. So by all means promote this story.

#13 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-15 11:57 AM | Reply

So by all means promote this story.

But for gawd's sake don't fact check it.

#14 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-09-15 12:03 PM | Reply

"The problems caused by Biden/Harris' open border policy are now front and center for many more voters."

You maga maroons are not fooling anyone but yourselves.

Trumpy is a clear and present danger to America.

Trumpy starts a fire ... pours gasoline on the fire .. and then sits back and complains about how big the fire is and demands to know why democrats can't put out the fire.

#15 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-09-15 12:12 PM | Reply

So keep talking up the cats being eaten.

#8 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

Gee. Thanks for your permission! That's mighty white of you!

Yes we will continue to highlight (and make fun of) Trumpy's ridiculous lies and stories that he and Shady JD "create". (make up). As long as you maga maroons and he continue to "create"/ make them up.

There is obviously no point trying to talk about trumps policies because he still only has a "concept" of what they might be.

#16 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-09-15 12:58 PM | Reply

JV Dunce admitted on Meet the Press today that he and Trump made up the Haitian migrant story.

MAGA: Lying for the "truth" since 2014!

#17 | Posted by anton at 2024-09-15 01:12 PM | Reply

CNN. Whatever.

#18 | Posted by anton at 2024-09-15 01:37 PM | Reply

"The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes. If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do, Dana, because you guys are completely letting Kamala Harris coast."

~J.D. Vance

#19 | Posted by horstngraben at 2024-09-15 01:48 PM | Reply

Yes, keep a spotlight on Springfield, OH and the LEGAL immigrants that are helping boost the economy:

Many Haitians have filled labor shortages and contributed to the local economy. Employers report that Haitian workers are hardworking and have helped revitalize some sectors.
www.theguardian.com

Legal immigrants working hard and filling occupations in a region that was suffering from a labor shortage. Sounds like a feel good, all-American story to me!

Keep that spotlight on Springfield!

#20 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2024-09-15 05:51 PM | Reply

Heard it from a friend,

Who heard it from a friend,

Who heard it from another

You been eatin' my dog...

#21 | Posted by Angrydad at 2024-09-15 08:30 PM | Reply | Funny: 3

LOL... Speedwagon!

#22 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-09-15 08:32 PM | Reply

@#8 ... Independent voters are going online and seeing video after video of the devastation caused by Joe and Kamala's open border policy in Springfield. ...

What open border policy?


Please be specific how your unsubstantiated assertion relates to Springfield, Ohio.

thx.

#23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-15 08:43 PM | Reply

@#20 ... Yes, keep a spotlight on Springfield, OH and the LEGAL immigrants that are helping boost the economy: ...

Yeah, that is a most important port.

According to the government of Springfield, Ohio, the immigrants there who are filling factory jobs and providing a more vibrant economy for Springfield are there very legally.


#24 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-15 08:47 PM | Reply

@#21 ... Heard it from a friend,

Who heard it from a friend,

Who heard it from another

You been eatin' my dog... ...

Yeah.

That is about the gist of the threat-inducing rumor both fmr Pres Trump and Sen Vance are promoting.

#25 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-15 08:49 PM | Reply

Vibant economy in Springfield? Sure Jan.

#26 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-15 10:51 PM | Reply

the immigrants there who are filling factory jobs and providing a more vibrant economy for Springfield are there very legally.
#24 | Posted by LampLighter

And yet Trump is committed to deporting them. Why?

#27 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2024-09-15 10:51 PM | Reply

Sure Jan.
#26 | Posted by visitor_

HAHA! How lazy can you be?

#28 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2024-09-15 10:52 PM | Reply

@#26 ... Vibant economy in Springfield? Sure Jan. ...

Who said anything about a "vibrant economy" in Springfield, Ohio?


Yer up.

#29 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-15 11:16 PM | Reply

You did.

According to the government of Springfield, Ohio, the immigrants there who are filling factory jobs and providing a more vibrant economy for Springfield are there very legally.

#24 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-15 08:47 PM

#30 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-16 12:39 AM | Reply

You did.
According to the government of Springfield, Ohio, the immigrants there who are filling factory jobs and providing a more vibrant economy for Springfield are there very legally.
#24 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-15 08:47 PM

#30 | Posted by visitor_

That would be the local government saying that.

If they have an issue with the legal immigrants, why aren't they saying that instead?

Seems like the immigrants are really helping the community. Unlike you.

#31 | Posted by Sycophant at 2024-09-16 02:37 AM | Reply

@#30 ... You did. ...

I did not.

I quoted the government of Springfield as saing, "a more vibrant economy."

That does mean a "vibrant economy." It just means better than it was.

Please do try to understand English.

thx.

#32 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-16 03:00 AM | Reply

#32 I can guarantee what you wrote will be go on the official record as the dumbest post of the day. You couldn't be more wrong without already being wrong to some degree.

#33 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-16 10:20 AM | Reply

#31 The influx of refugees is straining the social safety net, overwhelming medical centers and schools, and raising housing costs, as unscrupulous landlords take advantage of Haitians while displacing residents in a city that already had a 22 percent poverty rate.

#34 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-16 10:21 AM | Reply

#31 The influx of refugees is straining the social safety net, overwhelming medical centers and schools, and raising housing costs, as unscrupulous landlords take advantage of Haitians while displacing residents in a city that already had a 22 percent poverty rate.

#34 | Posted by visitor_

No, they aren't.

Springfield's population has been decreasing.

The Haitian refugees have jobs. The medical center and schools are not overwhelmed.

The biggest whopper: increasing housing costs? You think these low paid refugees are buying up all the homes?

How stupid are you? Stop getting your news from 4Chan memes.

#35 | Posted by Sycophant at 2024-09-16 10:40 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#34 Prove it.

#36 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-16 10:54 AM | Reply

#36

Someone who believes everything said by The World's Greatest Liar asks for proof?

You've never needed it before, rofl.

#37 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-16 10:57 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

You believe the Federal Government could dump 20,000 refugees from a third world culture into a small town that was already suffering from economic collapse without negative consequences. That's weirdly delusional.

#38 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-16 11:04 AM | Reply

could dump 20,000 refugees

#38 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

They were welcomed, and that legally, and they work and pay taxes.

#39 | Posted by Zed at 2024-09-16 11:06 AM | Reply

a small town that was already suffering from economic collapse

#38 | POSTED BY VISITOR

These people are saving that town from economic collapse.

When all this is over done, the only ones found eating dogs and cats will be you.

#40 | Posted by Zed at 2024-09-16 11:07 AM | Reply

The same town that had crippling unemployment somehow has jobs for 20,000 refugees. Sure Jan.

#41 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-16 11:08 AM | Reply

41 | POSTED BY VISITOR

This Haitian thing, and Trump's and Vance's statements that they are entitled to deliberately lie about it, are the best evidence yet that these boys know they are losing.

Do they think that Ohio is in play? Maybe they do.

#42 | Posted by Zed at 2024-09-16 11:12 AM | Reply

#39 Originally they were welcomed and they came in small numbers in a controlled manner. It caused some problems but was manageable. Then Biden/Harris open borders happened and an uncontrolled flood occurred. If you'd move past the cat story and look into it, you could learn something. It's also a good idea to not blindly trust government sources.

#43 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-16 11:14 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Ya'll will have to excuse Visitor... he's having boiled cat for lunch.

#44 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-16 11:16 AM | Reply

If you'd move past the cat story

#43 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

You mean, move past the lies Trump and Vance are telling?

Lies that they are telling in public? Like right now?

#45 | Posted by Zed at 2024-09-16 11:19 AM | Reply

#42
Bet the down-deep polling that the campaigns have in constant motion shows serious fracturing/weakening in Trump's support in critical states. Just watch the places where Harris, Walz, Trump, and Vance go to and keep going to.

#46 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-09-16 11:19 AM | Reply

Cat is delicacy in Haiti. However, once a Haitian refugee comes to America they instantly assimilate and retain none of their original culture. According to PBS.

#47 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-16 11:23 AM | Reply

An annual festival celebrating cultural diversity in Springfield has been canceled as violent threats, triggered by Sen. J.D. Vance's false story about Haitian immigrants, plague the Ohio city at the center of his own state, local reports show.

Raw Story, today

#48 | Posted by Zed at 2024-09-16 11:30 AM | Reply

Raw Story, now that's a good source of unbiased news.

#49 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-16 11:33 AM | Reply

The Haitian refugees have jobs. The medical center and schools are not overwhelmed.

The biggest whopper: increasing housing costs? You think these low paid refugees are buying up all the homes?

The first sentence is indeed true, from all reporting not only do the Haitian adults have jobs, their employers say they're the hardest workers.

However, in regards to the other things mentioned, Springfield is having issues. Because new legal immigrants don't come here with any personal resources to speak of, they're very dependent upon our social safety net, including Medicaid. Springfield's existent providers are stressed and overwhelmed by the influx of the immigrants, but this is the fault of both the state and federal government to have not anticipated and reacted to the increased demand for services, including administrative services.

And yes, housing costs have skyrocketed in Springfield. The term housing costs isn't exclusive to home ownership, it simply refers to how much families pay for their domiciles be they leased, rented, or owned. And Springfield lacks sufficient rental units which has cause landlords to use dynamic pricing algorithms which have greatly increased the cost of rental property across the board for everyone and this in turn has caused housing property prices to rise as well.

But that is due to Americans believing in free markets without price controls. Those who own rental property are experiencing windfalls due to the increased demand without any rise in supply to lessen their ability to charge more. Again, it's up to the state and federal government to either fund apartment units or provide incentives for private individuals to build new units. The Haitians are not to blame because our capitalist system is being used to the detriment of those seeking housing in Springfield.

#50 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-09-16 11:45 AM | Reply

#47

Just keep right on lying. It's working so well.

www.pbs.org

#51 | Posted by anton at 2024-09-16 11:56 AM | Reply

Just move on past the admission that the GOP's presidential ticket makes up xenophobic lies for political gain?

Suuuuure.

#52 | Posted by anton at 2024-09-16 11:58 AM | Reply

"Haitian immigrants helped revive a struggling Ohio town. Then neo-Nazis turned up

Springfield's immigrant community was targeted by far-right extremists months before Trump shared racist rumors"

www.theguardian.com

Apparently Visitor got there early.....

#53 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-16 12:05 PM | Reply

1. Economically depressed city with high unemployment
2. Flood with unskilled labor
3. Profit.

#54 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-16 12:15 PM | Reply

If you'd move past the cat story and look into it, you could learn something. It's also a good idea to not blindly trust government sources.

#43 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

It's also not a good idea to trust people who make up crazy stories just to get attention. And then use the lie in a presidential debate and embarrass the hell out of themselves and then they double and triple down on their lie.

And this one is just too good to "move past".

"They are eating the cats and dogs! The man on TV said so!"

Classic Trumpy.

#55 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-09-16 12:19 PM | Reply

It's kinda funny/sad that someone who pretends concern about corporate profits supports a criminal traitor candidate, an infamous liar who only speaks the truth when telling billionaires they'll get more tax cuts and oil companies that they can have whatever they want if they give him a billion dollars.

Which is estimated to cost taxpayers at least a billion dollars a year for the next 10 years.

#56 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-16 12:19 PM | Reply

Haiti has high unemployment and even more hardworking Haitians than Springfield. They must have a really vibrant economy.

#57 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-16 01:17 PM | Reply

Re #54

1. Find an economically depressed city with lots of immigrants

2. "Create a story" and start vicious rumors about those immigrants

3. Profit politically

#58 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-09-16 01:28 PM | Reply

1. Economically depressed city with high unemployment
2. Flood with unskilled labor
3. Profit.

#54 | Posted by visitor_

You know who saves dying cities that everyone is leaving?

IMMIGRANTS.

#59 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-09-16 01:48 PM | Reply

#59 Can't argue with that logic. Snort.

#60 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-09-16 03:32 PM | Reply

I apprciate the graphics which allow the dim to better understand how childish those who support this racism are.

#61 | Posted by Tor at 2024-09-16 03:50 PM | Reply

#60

Perhaps if you stopped snorting the bleach, the voices you hear would talk about life rather than your intellectual and moral 'death by Trump'.

#62 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-16 04:24 PM | Reply

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