Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance has dug in on his claim Haitians in an Ohio community are abducting and eating pets, even as the state’s GOP governor and other officials insist there is no evidence of such behavior.
But the salacious claim was easily debunked.
“The Vance campaign provided the Wall Street Journal with a police report to prove their claims about cat-eating Haitians in Springfield. The WSJ spoke to the woman who filed it, who said she later found her cat alive and well in her basement. She also apologized to her Haitian neighbors.” Justin Baragona posted to X with a link to a story in The Wall Street Journal.
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From her perspective at least, could’ve easily been “I’m sorry you were offended” or even riddled with slurs for all we know.
Maybe I’m passing judgement too harshly but this fits my mental model of someone who doesn’t finish thoroughly searching their house or neighborhood before filing a police report against their neighbors.