Sunny Hostin: Haitians ‘Revitalized’ Springfield, Ohio

BEHAR: “So, Donald Trump is still campaigning on lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Ohio. They’re eating the cats.”
UNKNOWN MALE: “They’re eating the dogs.”
BEHAR: “They’re eating the pets.”
HOSTIN: “Yes.”
BEHAR: “Say it.”
HAINES: “They’re eating the — I don’t want to repeat it.”
HOSTIN: “They’re not eating the pets.”
BEHAR: “Come on, it’s hilarious. It’s so stupid.” [crosstalk]
HOSTIN: “It seems like it’s hilarious, but let me say this —“
BEHAR: “What.”
HOSTIN: “— as a person who comes from a husband who is half Haitian and who has Haitian children.”
BEHAR: “Right.”
HOSTIN: “These baseless racist attacks against the Haitian community must stop. Haitians are dignified people, Haitians are hardworking people —“
BEHAR: “They are, sure. Yeah.”
HOSTIN: “— and they are people fleeing a corrupt country and government. They are here legally under an immigration program. They have temporary protected status. And white supremacists have now rallied in the city of Springfield, Ohio. They have denounced immigrants at local public meetings. And on Thursday, several public buildings, including a school and the city hall, were evacuated after receiving bomb threats. Let me say this, Haitians have also said, told ABC News, that they are now scared for their lives. Haitians, which now I think are about 15 percent of the Springfield, Ohio population, have been credited with revitalizing that city.”
FARAH GRIFFIN: “Yeah.”
HOSTIN: “They have jobs. They are raising their families. They are going to school. And they have revitalized the downtown area. And finally, they are contributing to the town’s growth and have helped fuel the economy since the pandemic. And that is coming from the other people that live in Springfield —“
BEHAR: “Right.”
HOSTIN: “— Ohio.”