Former President Donald Trump and his running mate have prompted the false claims that migrants are eating people’s pets in the Ohio city, which officials have denied.

At least 33 bomb threats have been made in Springfield, Ohio, since false claims — which were pushed by former President Donald Trump and his running mate — surfaced about Haitian migrants’ eating people’s pets, the governor said.

All of the threats have been determined to be hoaxes. Some targeted Springfield schools, including elementary school campuses, Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday at a news conference after he met with city officials.

“Our children deserve to be in school. Parents deserve to feel that their children are being educated and that their children are safe,” DeWine said.

  • @kautau
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    2 months ago

    “Some of them are coming from one particular country,” he said. “We think that this is, you know, one more opportunity to mess with the United States. And they’re continuing to do that.”

    It’s ok, you can say Russia

    Edit: also, for those wondering what Russia has to gain from this, it’s basically Putin’s international playbook:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

    • Cadeillac
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      He can’t. The R next to his name stands for Russia