In March City Council Meeting: Springfield, Ohio Residents Complained Of Haitians Attacking Pets

Posted • September 18, 2024: The city of Springfield, Ohio, has unwittingly become Ground Zero in the political maelstrom of this election, buffeted by the crosswinds of opportunism and the politicization of the press. While the Trump-Vance campaign has been highlighting what may be taking place in this small town the news outlets have been more eager to accuse the campaign of hatefulness and division, rather than looking into the matter. As a result, a surreal battle of will is swirling and the facts are completely lost in the debris. We are in an era in which this country's legacy news media displays an abject lack of regard for their journalistic reputations. The current driving force in the press is to instantly oppose anything Donald Trump says and claim he has been proven wrong, even in the absence of proof. Over the past few weeks, this has been the prevailing narrative.

Currently, the Springfield pets-being-eaten-by-immigrants imbroglio is the latest case the press is stumbling and fumbling over. Trump has been labeled as a racist and accused of fomenting intolerance over this “false” story, and it has even been cited as a possible inspiration for the latest assassination attempt on Trump. (Small matter that the attempted shooter is not Haitian, is not an immigrant, and did not hail from Springfield.) The press has been firm in its declaration that the story is disproven, including David Muir, who stated such a statement during the debate. Except… Gradually, and against the will of the media, details are seeping out of the area that something of this nature could be transpiring, or at the very least has been a concern for residents. What the press has failed to do is step back to take a breath and then consider for a moment just what might have been the source of such a story.

If Trump is in fact making up the tale of devoured housepets, why would he concoct such a weird fable? Was there any basis at all for the claim from him, and his running mate J.D. Vance? At the debate David Muir battled with Trump on this issue, declaring that a city manager stated there have been no reports. It has been said that the police have received no calls on this issue as well. But as Trump said to Muir, this had been something the residents had been talking about taking place, and now we see this is in fact the case. Here is a video, from a city commission meeting, where the subject is not only brought up by a resident, but one of the members attests to hearing this kind of talk as well. Springfield Ohio residents were warning their city council about Haitians attacking 'domesticated animals' far before Trump mentioned it at the debate: Springfield OH resident (March 12, 2024): "Our traditions laws and culture is 180 degrees different from what they're used to.

One of the things I've heard that bothered me very much - I've actually had quite a few people contact me here lately - some pretty horrid things occurring to domesticated animals in the neighborhood. We've had some stuff in the park." Bryan Heck (Springfield City Manager): "I've heard about it too." They must be devastated when they find out that 'It's raining cats and dogs' isn't literal. The mainstream media still insists that this was a lie that Trump 'created'. As for the talk of there being no police involvement, this too is not completely true. There has been a call log made involving one resident calling the police when her cat went missing and then later finding some evidence of a butchered animal. (…)

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