Fact Check: No Evidence Haitian Immigrants Are Eating Ducks, Geese or Pets in Springfield, Ohio

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Leave it to Rep Jim Jordan to push a Bigly #Trump LIE!





@Jim_Jordan
When President Trump was in office:

1. The border was secure.

2. Illegal aliens weren’t eating your pets.

11:32 AM · Sep 9, 2024

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Fact Check
No Evidence Haitian Immigrants Are Eating Ducks, Geese or Pets in Springfield, Ohio
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance and a constellation of right-wing influencers elevated a dubious claim.

Claim:
In August 2024, Haitian immigrants were killing and eating pet cats and park ducks in Springfield, Ohio.


Rating: Unfounded
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In early September 2024, a series of claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, went viral. Most significant among these claims were the assertions that a Haitian immigrant had eaten someone's pet cat, and that others had been seen eating swans and ducks in public parks.

In a Sept. 8, 2024, post on X, GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance repeated the allegation:


These claims have been elevated by a series of right-wing influencers including Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, and Charlie Kirk, and politicians including U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan.

In response to the headlines, the GOP House Judiciary Subcommittee — chaired by Jordan — posted a meme containing an AI-generated image of Trump hugging a duck and a cat on the subcommittee's official X account:..............

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These charges had no basis in fact — they were unsourced internet rumors. Here, Snopes explains the controversy: