‘Frustrating’: Springfield mayor begs Trump and Vance to stop spreading conspiracies
ST CLOUD, MINNESOTA – JULY 27: Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) introduces U.S. Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald Trump during a rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on July 27, 2024 in St Cloud, Minnesota. Trump hopes to flip the state of Minnesota this November, which hasn’t been carried by a Republican in a presidential election since 1972.
Rob Rue, the Republican mayor of Springfield, Ohio, is begging former President Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) to stop spreading lies about his town.
Trump and his running mate have promoted a baseless far-right conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants are stealing people’s pets to eat them.
“Let me just say at the outset that Springfield is a beautiful community, and your pets are safe in Springfield, Ohio,” said Rue. “So,’ no, we do not have any credible reports of that. We made that known publicly, and we are asking people to understand the reports we share with them that there’s no credible evidence of it.”
