Sen. J.D. Vance has disgusted some of his Ohio constituents who are demanding he apologize for issuing comments they say "fueled the fire" of racial...
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The woman who appears to have inadvertently sparked a viral far-right hoax that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are kidnapping and eating people's cats and dogs has come forward to say she regrets that her social media post caused so much confusion. Former President Donald Trump even promoted the claim at the presidential debate on Tuesday, and had to be shut down by moderators. Meanwhile, schools in the area have had to be evacuated for bomb threats, including one that specifically mentioned the false claims.It turns out that the rumor can be traced to one woman's Facebook post, reported NBC — and she is coming forward to apologize for all the chaos it created.According to the report, Erika Lee, a resident of Springfield, posted to Facebook commenting on a neighbor's cat who had gone missing — and mentioned that the neighbor had been suspicious the cat might have been attacked by Haitians who lived in the neighborhood.There was no evidence to support the claim. Moreover, cats often go missing for various reasons, especially those allowed to wander outside.ALSO READ: Trump is permanently woundedLee said she feels bad that her post exploded into a xenophobic panic against the Haitian community, and for the confusion and fear the post caused.“It just exploded into something I didn’t mean to happen,” she told NBC News.Trump has not offered any apology or retraction for his claims about the Haitian migrants in Springfield.He has even suggested that if elected, his administration will order mass deportations of the migrants from Springfield.
Sen. J.D. Vance has disgusted some of his Ohio constituents who are demanding he apologize for issuing comments they say "fueled the fire" of racial...
A day after JD Vance was caught furthering a racist conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants settled in Ohio's Springfield are eating pet cats and...
A day after JD Vance was caught furthering a racist conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants settled in Ohio's Springfield are eating pet cats and...
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), fresh off months of criticism for attacking "childless cat ladies," is in hot water over yet another cat-related scandal: his...
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), fresh off months of criticism for attacking "childless cat ladies," is in hot water over yet another cat-related scandal: his...
Erika Lee, the woman whose Facebook post became the source of the rumors that Haitian immigrants were eating cats and dogs, said she's not racist and...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has adopted two children from Haiti, and one legal expert is calling on her to dispel the myths being...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has adopted two children from Haiti, and one legal expert is calling on her to dispel the myths being...
During his presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, September 10, former President Donald Trump...
Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) announced on Monday that the state of Ohio is moving resources in to secure Springfield schools after dozens of fake bomb...