The claim started in a Springfield Facebook group, where someone wrote that a cat had got lost, ABC News reported. The person then without evidence claimed that Haitians took the cat for food.
The White House said Republicans are spreading dangerous false claims about Haitian immigrants, after US vice presidential candidate JD Vance and other top Republicans posted social messages accusing Haitians of eating cats and other pets.
Vance, a senator and the running mate of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, on Monday said on X: “Reports now show that people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country,” in a post in which he also said that Haitian immigrants were “causing chaos” in Springfield, a city in his home state of Ohio.
The city also put out a Frequently Asked Questions on the Haitians on its website, which noted that the Haitians are there legally and able to work. But Vance did not back down. In another post on Tuesday he said: “In short, don’t let the crybabies in the media dissuade you, fellow patriots. Keep the cat memes flowing.”
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