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After Donald Trump’s untrue claim during last week’s debate that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were abducting and eating pets, the town that has been dragged into national conversation remains uneasy. Two of its hospitals went into lockdown this weekend, and bomb threats closed schools, businesses and City Hall earlier in the week.
Yesterday, JD Vance, Trump’s running mate, said that he stood by the debunked claims, and that he was willing “to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention.”
The increasingly hostile language from Trump, other politicians and some extremist organizations has shaken some of the thousands of Haitians who have settled in Springfield. Some have considered moving to bigger cities.
But there’s another town central to Trump’s anti-immigration narrative: Aurora, Colo. The mayor’s false claims that the town was overrun by a violent Venezuelan street gang became a focus of the right-wing media and Trump’s campaign. Now, the mayor says he is trying to undo the damage as Trump’s words stoke fears in his community.
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