Except, as admitted by Vance, it didn't happen before or after, either.

Not really the point of sharing a meme, captain buzzkill…!

People are terrorizing the town of Springfield because people are actually believing the shit. Your memes have consequences when they paint a group as deserving of hatred.

Yea that’s not accurate… and I mean you are in fact wrong..

I gathered a bunch of testimonies from residents of Springfield, Ohio, about migrants and their food choices. Maybe David Muir wants to go investigate instead of quoting the city manager.

Last night, ABC host David Muir made extra sure to ding Donald Trump for suggesting that the 20,000 Haitian illegals who have been dumped in the to...

Jesus fucking Christ, that article is such fucking TRASH. Unpacking this much horse shit is gonna take some work. First off, most of it isn't even ABOUT the pets, it's just trying to rile you up about immigrants in other ways. A few anecdotal stories that may very well be true but are totally unrelated, e.g. crashes. It contributes NOTHING to the topic at hand. Second, the Haitians are there LEGALLY, but that doesn't stop him from incessantly calling them illegals. That simple fact shows they have absolutely no journalistic integrity because it's fucking TRIVIAL to fact check it. Here's one of the half dozen articles I VERY easily found stating that the vast majority of Haitians are here quite legally: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/haitian-immigrants-fueled-springfields-growth-now-us-presidential-debate-2024-09-11/ Finally and most damning, HE HAS NO FUCKING PROOF. The best he can say is that people have heard stories from other people, but NO FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS. Meanwhile, they actually FOUND the lady who made some of the first posts starting the rumor.

NBC News

'It just exploded': Springfield woman claims she never meant to spark false rumors about Haitians

The woman behind an early Facebook post that helped spark baseless rumors about Haitians eating pets told NBC News that she feels for the immigrant...

So no, it really doesn't look like I'm wrong. But it does look like you should be embarrassed for trying to pass that off as journalism.

Yawn. I’m the son of immigrants… piss off.

Look here’s my point—- I get what you are saying but in my business at learn to “follow the anecdote”. If there’s enough anecdote then you should investigate anything that can substantiate the anecdote… I know from first hand experience observing racist behavior and being the son of immigrants that some people in the US can be xenophobic.. (nothing compared to other parts of the world I’ve travelled in) but let’s just say that immigrants ARE eating pets (not unheard of) we should work on resolving THAT problem.. regardless of legal status it sounds to me like people are unable to buy food. Something we can thank the CURRENT administration for.

That's the whole point, though, there AREN'T enough anecdotes to justify a serious investigation. All you have are third and fourth hand accounts. If this was actually happening, you'd be able to get some first hand accounts. The one first hand account I'm aware of was a call to the police accusing Haitian neighbors of stealing the cat, but then the dumb racist bitch found the cat in her own basement.

HuffPost

Trump Supporter Whose Police Report Fueled Cat-Eating Rumor Found Pet In Basement Days Later: WSJ

The rumor gained national attention after Donald Trump accused Haitian migrants in Ohio of stealing and eating neighborhood pets during last week

You have zero fucking evidence. None at all. Just a bunch of rumors from racist assholes, and the only reason to continue spreading these lies is because you're a racist asshole, too. Otherwise, you'd realize how empty all this is, but that would detract from your ability to shit on brown people.

Yeah, something tells me you as a white dude did NOT have the same experience a bunch of Haitians are getting.

Oh how racist of you… because I’m white..? You don’t know shit about me or my life. STFU you sanctimonious trolling twat… go find an echo chamber on BlueSky or Mastodon.

Again STFU you sanctimonious liberal racist twat. And fuck HuffPoo. They shoved their own founder out the fucking door and turned it into a steaming pile of fake news.

Lol do you think there's a standard issue immigration experience? I'm sure you or your family faced some discrimination and unfair judgment, but do you REALLY think black people are treated no differently? Did you have the legality of your residence routinely questioned like the Haitians are currently experiencing? Did you have the most wild, utterly unsubstantiated, batshit crazy accusations leveled at you and broadcast on a national stage? Somehow, I doubt it.

Yeah, you got nothing to really counter with, so you're just super pissy to get called out on your racist asshattery. If you don't like the source, I just picked one at random off Google because there are TONS of articles from practically every news agency. You can find one from a source YOU trust with practically no effort at all. Here's a second one chosen at random:

nj

J.D. Vance offers ‘proof’ of pet-eating, but it’s proven false with 1 phone call

For two days straight, bomb threats prompted the evacuation of schools and government buildings.

Yawn