During a town hall Wednesday, Trump doubled down on false claims Haitian migrants are eating pets, saying: "I was just saying what was reported."

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday doubled down on false claims that Haitian migrants are eating pets and promised to crack down on immigration in a pitch to undecided Latino voters as he and Vice President Kamala Harris are in a tight race for the White House.

Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, participated in a town hall in Miami-Dade County with Univision and fielded questions from undecided Latino voters in his home turf of Florida — as well as voters from key battleground states like Arizona. One attendee, Jose Saralegui, a registered Republican from Rio Rico, Arizona, asked Trump if he believes that Haitian migrants are eating the pets of the citizens of Springfield, Ohio, — a debunked online rumor that Trump and his running mate JD Vance have repeated several times.

"This was just reported," Trump said during the town hall. "I was just saying what was reported, that's been reported – and eating other things too, that they're not supposed to be."

The false claim, dismissed by authorities and officials in Springfield, caused turmoil among Haitian migrants, who said they felt unsafe in the community. It also spurred several bomb threats that forced the evacuation of public buildings and the deployment of state police to every school in Springfield.

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