COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Although former President Donald Trump holds an edge over Vice President Kamala Harris in Ohio, a majority of voters in the state do not believe the false claim that Haitian immigrants in Springfield are “eating people’s pets,” a new poll shows.
About 57% of Ohio voters said the debunked comments are probably or definitely false, while 24% said Trump’s claim is probably or definitely true, according to a new Washington Post poll that surveyed 1,002 likely Ohio voters. The poll comes after Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, have pushed untrue claims about Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs in Springfield, even as local officials have said there is no evidence for such claims.
“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating — they’re eating the pets of the people that live there,” said Trump during a debate with Harris on Sept. 10.
About 55% of Ohio voters said they back Gov. Mike DeWine’s assertion that Trump’s claim is not true, and that those Haitian immigrants are in the state legally. Still, about 4 in 10 Ohio voters, about 42%, said Haitian immigrants in the state make the communities they live in worse, while 32% said they make them better.
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