Ohio city hall bomb threat explicitly hostile to Haitians, Springfield mayor says [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Guardian staff
Fri 13 Sep 2024 08.43 EDT
The mayor of Springfield, Ohio, has said that the bomb threat made on Thursday that forced the evacuation of the city hall, two schools, and other buildings was explicitly anti-immigrant and hostile to the city’s Haitian community, following Donald Trump’s stoking of a rightwing conspiracy theory that some residents’ pets are being eaten.
The bomb threat on Thursday morning “used hateful language towards immigrants and Haitians in our community”, Rue told the Washington Post, and added that Springfield “is a community that needs help”.
Rue held a press conference on Tuesday condemning the rumors as totally false, with “zero” verified reports of such disparaging claims. ABC’s debate moderator, David Muir, made the same fact check live on Tuesday night after Trump’s remarks.
Rue told the Springfield News-Sun: “Rumors like this are taking away from the real issues such as issues involving our housing or school resources and our overwhelmed healthcare system.”
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