Springfield, where he was born in 1978, has been "shrinking for decades," he says, but during the Biden administration more jobs opened up in manufacturing that needed employees to fill them. At the same time, he explains, Haiti erupted in turmoil and the U.S. federal government expanded a legal immigration program for Haitians fleeing the violence.

In the last few years, some 15,000 immigrants have settled in the city, which had a population of about 60,000.

"You might imagine there are some challenges with integrating a new population," Legend continues. "...But the bottom line is these people came to Springfield because there were jobs for them and they were willing to work. And they wanted to live the American dream."

"Nobody's eating cats. Nobody's eating dogs," he says. "We all just want to live and flourish and raise our families in a healthy and safe environment. How about we love one another?"

Legend ends the video with a nod to his roots and the name he grew up with: "John R. Stephens from Springfield, signing off."

And I can also see an all-star concert heading John Legend with all the proceeds going to the community. This is an opportunity to really turn the page from the vile misogynistic, bigoted, fear-based politics that culminated when Trump came down his golden escalator in 2015.

I'm tired of letting these ------ have control over our lives and their politics pitting citizen against citizen. It would also be extraordinary symbolic should the Harris campaign take the lead in helping Springfield as it deals with the chaos and fear that Trump needs like oxygen. Let's choke him out for the last time and be rid of his toxic, demeaning, and simply anti-American politics once and for all.

many of the Haitians aren't citizens.

All of them are indeed citizens. I didn't call them American citizens, just citizens on purpose. They're legal immigrants escaping a failed government rife with corruption and violence and now Trump and his reprobates are targeting them again as though it's their fault the local community hasn't had the time and resources to better accommodate them as yet.

So let's ask Americans along with our corporate community to jump in and provide the help this community needs, with the point being to help ALL Springfieldians, not just one part or another. They live together, work together, and use services together, so let's help them all together.

That is the traditional American spirit, something as antithetical and toxic to Trump as kryptonite is to Superman.