Kitten That Inspired Fake News About Haitians Eating Pets in U.S. Found Alive

Lies were spread by Trump/Vance in the race for the presidency of the country

Donald Trump and JD Vincehis Republican vice president running for the White House, has released a terrifying news fake newsat least for pet lovers: Haitian immigrants would eat pets in the United States.

The problem is that the Maine Coon Kitten The person who inspired this rumor was found alive in the same city where she disappeared, Springfield, Ohio. The animal was not resuscitated; in fact, it had been missing for six days and was later found in the basement of the house where it lives with its guardians.

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But how did this story begin? At the end of August, Anna Kilgoreresident of the city of Springfield, reported that her kitten was named Miss Sassy Pants disappeared. The woman went to the police station where she reported her cat missing and, without providing any evidence, claimed that her Haitian neighbors who had eaten the animal were responsible for its disappearance.

From disappearance to ‘pot’: The campaign for J.D. Vance learned of the story and used it to encourage discrimination against immigrants, a central plank of the Republican campaign. Both Trump and Vance have said that “immigrants were eating cats and dogs” in the country.

What did the local police say? Local authorities have tried to deny the rumor and said that despite the complaint, there was “no evidence” that the kidnapping followed by death by food consumption had occurred.

The kitten is alive: The newspaper Wall Street Journal (WSJ) chased down Anna Kilgore, the owner who had reported Miss Sassy missing, and discovered that the cat was not only alive, but had been found six days after she disappeared in the basement of the house. Miss Sassy is said to have disappeared around August 27 and returned on September 1.

When a journalist went to the house of Anna Kilgore“She said her cat, Miss Sassy, ​​who went missing in late August, returned a few days later — and was found safe in her basement. Kilgore, wearing a Trump T-shirt and hat, said she apologized to her Haitian neighbors with the help of her daughter and a cellphone translation app,” the paper wrote.

Did the Trump/Vance campaign acknowledge that the story was a lie? On September 9, days after the cat was found and the date that preceded the debate between Trump and Kamala Harrismember of the J.D. Vance contacted Springfield authorities to ask if the rumor was true.

“He asked, ‘Are the rumors true that pets are being taken and eaten?'” Bryan Heck said WSJ. “I told them no. There is no evidence or verifiable reporting that this is true. I told them these allegations were baseless,” he concluded. The next day, Trump also cited this rumor during the electoral debate, but it was quickly denied by reporters who mediated the event.

After the rumor, also spread through the X de VanceThe city has been the target of at least three bomb threats.

Without evidence, the campaign Trump/Vance link crime in the US to illegal immigration. In the case of the city of Springfield, the majority of the population of Haitian origin that resides there are legal immigrants, that is, those who have authorization to live in the country.

Source: Terra

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