How right-wing social media took false claims about Haitians eating pets to the debate
Here's how influencers, monetized accounts and algorithms helped propel false claims about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
From 'rapists' to 'eating the pets': Trump has long used degrading language toward immigrants
Trump’s lies about Haitian immigrants were simply his latest rhetoric that dehumanizes and targets immigrant populations.
Haitian migrants eating pets? Here’s the even more serious story about immigrants in Springfield, Ohio
The city of 60,000 has seen an influx of 20,000 Haitian immigrants in the last several years — straining services and causing a outrage among residents.
Haitians consider leaving Springfield, Ohio, after they're accused of eating pets
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Viles Dorsainvil about the mood among Haitians in Springfield after former President Donald Trump amplified false claims about Haitian migrants there.
First Trump said Haitian migrants in Ohio were ‘eating the pets’. Now he says they’re ‘destroying America’
You may never see me again, but that’s okay,’ Trump jokes after saying he’ll visit Springfield, city at center of his false claims that migrants are eating people’s dogs and cats
Claims of immigrants eating pets: Like Scott Jensen’s claim of ‘furries’ in Minnesota schools
It’s like deja vu all over again. As part of his comments during the Sept. 10 presidential debate, former President Donald Trump went from the general issue of immigrants in the U.S. to those specifically in Springfield,
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TikTok has a funny new dance trend, thanks to Donald Trump's debate remarks about Haitian immigrants eating pets. But the ...
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People are splurging like never before on their pets
There is little, it seems, that people won’t do for their pets. Americans spent $186bn on them last year, according to the ...