The woman who appears to have inadvertently sparked a viral far-right hoax that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are kidnapping and eating people's cats and dogs has come forward to say she regrets that her social media post caused so much confusion. Former President Donald Trump even promoted...
  • someguy3@lemmy.world
    20·
    2 months ago

    It’s not even just her. The people that ate this up just wanted something, anything, to latch onto to feed their racism and xenophobia.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    16·
    2 months ago

    Screw her and the republicans.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna171043

    Bomb threats on Friday forced the evacuation and closure of public schoolsand municipal buildings for a second consecutive day, as the city continues to deal with sudden national attention because of false claims involving its Haitian population.

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    In addition to those school evacuations, several city commissioners and a municipal employee were the target of an emailed bomb threat, city spokesperson Karen Graves said.

    A second email threatened multiple locations that included Springfield City Hall, Cliff Park High School, Perrin Woods Elementary School, Roosevelt Middle School, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the Ohio License Bureau Southside, Graves added.

    Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, have pushed those false claims as part of a broader effort to use Springfield as an example of what they say are the harmful consequences of immigration.

  • Bischmeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    I think trump believed the post. I think he believed a random internet post more than the fact checker. Maybe he keeps saying nonsense because he believes it, and not always because he is trying to manipulate people.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      I could maybe believe this if he didn’t flop around on things and say some of them were jokes. Like the lost by a whisker comment that pissed off several members of his base so he just walked it back by saying he was kidding.

      He is running and spending millions of tax payer dollars, on an election he doesn’t believe is legitimate according to his words/actions. Bologna, why would you spend all your time on something you know you can’t win.

      He knows he lost, he is just a fraud. The people he frauds, the U.S. population. Pence made sure the legitimate electors were submitted last election. Wait for the conspiracies that come when maga realizes Harris is the one who submits the electors now.

  • moon@lemmy.ml
    2·
    2 months ago

    She spreads racist bullshit then hides behind her half-black daughter

  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
    112·
    2 months ago

    this is what a two-party system looks like

    immigration is not tolerated by either party because that would bring new people with new ideas that would not align with the carefully crafted narrative the two parties have helped write

    • just_another_person@lemmy.worldOP
      4·
      2 months ago

      Wow. This is an incredibly simple viewpoint. It’s like you ignore all the other facts and thoughts surrounding a topic to frame and reinforce the initial uniformed idea. Very skillful.