Donald Trump adopted within the footsteps of his working mate JD Vance and used the presidential debate to advertise a racist lie accusing Haitian immigrants of “eating pets.”
The false accusation got here as Trump attacked the Biden-Harris administration over immigration coverage.
“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in. They’re eating the cats. They’re eating – the pets of the people that live there and this is what’s happening in our country,” Trump mentioned.
As he spoke, Vice President Kamala Harris laughed and shook her head in astonishment.
Following Trump’s speech, debate moderator David Muir truth checked his declare.
“You bring up Springfield, Ohio, and ABC News did reach out to the city manager there—he told us there had been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed, injured, or abused by individuals within the immigrant community,” Muir mentioned.
Trump refused to again down and insisted that he had seen “people on television” making the accusation.
Trump has an extended historical past of selling false accusations towards immigrants and indulging in racist assaults towards the migrant group.
