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Springfield OH woman regrets starting false rumor about Haitians

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The story that Trump has been basically using to denigrate and make targets of Haitians in Springfield OH all started with a Facebook post by a woman who admits it was all hearsay. "Heard it from a friend who, heard it from a friend who, heard it from another you been eating some cats..."



www.nbcnews.com

'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 community.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The woman behind an early Facebook post spreading a harmful and baseless claim about Haitian immigrants eating local pets that helped thrust a small Ohio city into the national spotlight says she had no firsthand knowledge of any such incident and is now filled with regret and fear as a result of the ensuing fallout.

“It just exploded into something I didn’t mean to happen,” Erika Lee, a Springfield resident, told NBC News on Friday.

Lee recently posted on Facebook about a neighbor’s cat that went missing, adding that the neighbor told Lee she thought the cat was the victim of an attack by her Haitian neighbors.

Newsguard, a media watchdog that monitors for misinformation online, found that Lee had been among the first people to publish a post to social media about the rumor, screenshots of which circulated online. The neighbor, Kimberly Newton, said she heard about the attack from a third party, NewsGuard reported.

Newton told Newsguard that Lee’s Facebook post misstated her story, and that the owner of the missing cat was “an acquaintance of a friend” rather than her daughter’s friend. Newton could not be reached for comment.
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The article goes on to mention the man (not Haitian) holding dead geese that were killed in an auto accident in Columbus OH and the Canton OH woman (not Haitian) who allegedly killed a cat and tried to eat it.

In the past several days, Springfield OH schools have had to close because of bomb threats where immigrants were mentioned.

Of course, the loudest ones (those with the most reach) who spread these false rumors, along with other false rumors, are former president and king troll Donald J. Trump and his guyliner sidekick JD Vance.

Shameful in our modern era that yet another group is targeted with hate by MAGA.
 
Could it be that the guy shrieking "FAKE NEWS" thousands of times over the past eight years is unable to identify it? Or is he spreading it intentionally?
 
  • Biden said Border Patrol agents who whipped at and charged Haitian migrants "will pay" for their actions.
Lets see... Biden vs some rando on FB. :unsure:

A year after Biden falsely accused Border Patrol agents of whipping migrants, there's still no apology​


A subsequent investigation found agents neither had whips nor struck anyone.​


www.foxnews.com

A year after Biden falsely accused Border Patrol agents of whipping migrants, there's still no apology

A year ago, President Biden accused Border Patrol agents of having whipped migrants and promised that the agents involved would "pay" over the incident in Del Rio.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com
 
VySky said:
  • Biden said Border Patrol agents who whipped at and charged Haitian migrants "will pay" for their actions.
Lets see... Biden vs some rando on FB. :unsure:

A year after Biden falsely accused Border Patrol agents of whipping migrants, there's still no apology​


A subsequent investigation found agents neither had whips nor struck anyone.​


www.foxnews.com

A year after Biden falsely accused Border Patrol agents of whipping migrants, there's still no apology

A year ago, President Biden accused Border Patrol agents of having whipped migrants and promised that the agents involved would "pay" over the incident in Del Rio.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com
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Where’s the accountability for Trump and Vance?
 
Don't let the stupidity, easily disproven lies, and sheer ignorance fool you, MAGA is to be feared.
 
They don’t care that it’s false.

They do not care that kids were evacuated out of the local schools there because of BOMB THREATS.

They do not care that they demonized immigrants that are here under LEGAL STATUS.

They do not care at all.

Whatever dear leader says, they gobble it up.
 
Doesn't matter, if Trump says it's happening, and if Fox says it's happening, then by golly, it's happening!

Ask any mindless Trump minion?
 
BirdinHand said:
They don’t care that it’s false.

They do not care that kids were evacuated out of the local schools there because of BOMB THREATS.

They do not care that they demonized immigrants that are here under LEGAL STATUS.

They do not care at all.

Whatever dear leader says, they gobble it up.
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In fact, they will keep saying it. They will keep fomenting violence.
 
VySky said:
If Trump wins the election the answer would be none.
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Because you refuse to hold him accountable for the things he says and does.
 
Winston said:
Because you refuse to hold him accountable for the things he says and does.
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If he wins your outrage is moot.

If not, he will be punished at the ballot box.
 
VySky said:
If he wins your outrage is moot.

If not, he will be punished at the ballot box.
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If he kidnapped 5 school children and sold them to Eastern European gangsters, would you still be rooting for him to win so, he wouldn’t face any accountability?
 
Winston said:
If he kidnapped 5 school children and sold them to Eastern European gangsters, would you still be rooting for him to win so, he wouldn’t face any accountability?
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Propping up a straw man I see.

I find it rich that age was the only reason you didn't get a chance to vote for a man who touches little girls inappropriately and took "inappropriate" showers with his young daughter.

You would still be hoping he would win.
 
VySky said:
Propping up a straw man I see.

I find it rich that age was the only reason you didn't get a chance to vote for a man who touches little girls inappropriately and took "inappropriate" showers with his young daughter.

You would still be hoping he would win.
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If Trump kidnapped 5 school children and sold them to Eastern European gangsters, would you still be rooting for him to win so, he wouldn’t face any accountability?
 
Winston said:
If Trump kidnapped 5 school children and sold them to Eastern European gangsters, would you still be rooting for him to win so, he wouldn’t face any accountability?
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Doubling down on stupid questions I see.

I'm embarrassed for you.
 
Airyaman said:
Springfield residents are tired of Trump's bullshit.

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Donnie and JD don’t care.


They don’t care about Springfield. They don’t care about “truth”


Donnie is a lying liar that lies.
 
People need to be careful of what they post on social media especially people with reach and power like Vance , Trump and many congress critters. The internet is powerful and they darn well know it. What they do is reckless and disgusting and when bad things happen you're damn right they are responsible!
 
Queen Margo said:
www.wpxi.com

Woman accused of killing and eating a cat in Ohio is not an immigrant, was born in Canton

Alexis Ferrell, 27, of Canton, is accused of killing and eating a cat in front of several other people.
www.wpxi.com www.wpxi.com
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Is there a point with this reply?

Airyaman said:
The article goes on to mention the man (not Haitian) holding dead geese that were killed in an auto accident in Columbus OH and the Canton OH woman (not Haitian) who allegedly killed a cat and tried to eat it.
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