Are Haitians Eating Pets?
On September 10th, 2024, former President Trump claimed in a debate with Vice President Harris that immigrants to Springfield Ohio were eating house pets. https://t.co/IeEfVcboUf
“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs, the people that came in, they’re eating the cats, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there.”
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) September 11, 2024
- Donald Trump on immigration during the presidential debate pic.twitter.com/0A6UEeAwtd
The truth is that there has been friction between the new Haitian immigrant community and long-time residents as up to 20,000 new immigrant have entered Springfield, Ohio over the past 4 years.
The initial accusation started with a Facebook post to a private Springfield, Ohio group by a resident named Erika Lee.

This post was then screenshotted by a twitter user named @buckeyegirrl who said:

#CounterfeitConservative @EndWokeness could not resist the bait at getting a dig into President Biden, so he reposted this content with additional lies and a graphic.

It should be noted that #1, @EndWokeness is likely Right-Wing Activist @JackPosobiec. Apparantly, Harvard lawyer and instructor @Esqueer_ was the first to discover this, not me. https://t.co/zyUus9YrLu
It is then likely that Ohip Senator @JDVance, who had spoken about the topic in what was likely July of 2024, posted a video where he connected his speech about illegal immigration to missing pets. https://t.co/1Bg77baKr1
This last item may have been what encouraged former President Trump to use the "Dogs and Cats" accusation as an attack line. It is possible that former President Trump's advisors were aware of the "Dogs and Cats" zeitgeist and the post from @JDVance made it safe to use.
It should be noted that @EndWokeness claimed that "Springfield, Ohio will be every town and city in America if Kamala wins."

Springfield Ohio is a Republican-leaning city with Republican-leaning leadership at the municipal, county and state level. This means that the Republians are likely in charge of Springfield. @EndWokeness this is not the flex you think it is. https://t.co/5tyERnTZVV