During the presidential debate on September 10th I didn’t expect to hear a baseless claim from Donald Trump about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio eating pet dogs and cats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a YouTube video at Jimmy Kimmel Live on September 10, 2024 titled Jimmy Kimmel breaks down the presidential debate between Donald Trump & Kamala Harris. Of course, the ABC News moderator fact-checked Trump. And on September 11, 2024 an article at BBC News by Merlyn Thomas & Mike Wendling agreed that Trump repeats baseless claim about Haitian immigrants eating pets. And yet another article by Kayla Epstein and Sam Cabral at

BBC News on September 12, 2024 titled Ohio leaders dismiss claims of migrants eating pets described how:

 

“‘This is something that came up on the internet, and the internet can be quite crazy sometimes,’ Ohio [Republican] Governor Mike DeWine told CBS News, the BBC's US partner.”

 

Still another article by Adam Shaw at Fox News on September 11, 2024 titled Focus group reacts to Trump claim that migrants are ‘eating the dogs’ in Ohio town discussed how when Trump made the claim, approval from all groups — Republicans, independents and Democrats — dipped, with the strongest dips coming from independents and Republicans [~75% to 50%], while Democratic approval remained low.

 

And an article by Jasmine Garsd at NPR on September 11, 2024 titled The stereotype of immigrants eating dogs and cats is storied – and vitriolic as ever said that Asians previously had been disparaged with that false claim.

 

My cartoon was adapted from images of a dog and plate at Openclipart.