take immigrant are eating people ’s pet is both wildly racist and something I ’d never bear from a presidential debate .
I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that earlier this evening, ABC News hosted the first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.
The event covered topics like abortion rights, foreign policy, inflation and, perhaps most controversially, pets.
Yes, at one point, when speaking on immigration, Trump pushed theunfounded, baseless, and honestly racist claimthat Haitian immigrants are eating people’s pets in Ohio.
Donald Trump title immigrants in Springfield are eating dogs and cats.#Debate2024“They’re eating the pets of the people that live there.”pic.twitter.com/0ZzoBRVYok
He said, “Look at what’s happening to the towns all over the United States. A lot of towns don’t want to talk — not going to be Aurora or Springfield. A lot of towns don’t want to talk about it because they’re so embarrassed by it.”
“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. And this is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame,” he insisted.
Which led Harris to react like this:
And this:
Trump was immediately fact-checked by the moderator David Muir, whosaid, “You bring up Springfield, Ohio, and ABC News did reach out to the city manager there. He told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed, injured, or abused by individuals within the immigrant community.”
But of course, the rant was already out there, so people online couldn’t help but express their shock over hearing the claim. Here’s what they said:
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WHO eat frump and cats in springfield ? !
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So I was looking for a place to eat in Springfieldpic.twitter.com/uIJnJ4xGXM
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cats getting ate except for mine
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best : “ They ’re eating the cats”Moderator : “ No they ’re not”Debate Nox in America.#PeopleForKamala#Debate2024
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A piddling bait on rally attending and thunder " they ’re feed the dogs ! "
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WHAT ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? They are eating pets ? ? ? Yo , get this valet out of my face right now.#Debate2024pic.twitter.com / jfxI8ABikP
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Hide your dogs , hide your cats , cause they eating everybody out here 😂 😂
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Donald Trump : They ’re eating the dogs ! They ’re eat the cats!pic.twitter.com / f2qv6G3Nns
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Eating pets?????????#debate2024pic.twitter.com/8K7qIDIpP5
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Pets across America watching the debate likepic.twitter.com/klxtr0QH91
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We blend from murk babies at 9 months of pregnancy to immigrants stealing & eat pet . 😩 Pls . I postulate some water.#PresidentialDebate
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Pet Shop Boys substantially stay inside and operate the door . You too Snoop Dogg . And Pitbull .
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“ They ’re deplete the click , they ’re feed the cats , they ’re eating the pets . ”#PresidentialDebatepic.twitter.com / HHl0q2Aqu6
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Has anyone ever gain a debate by shouting “ they ’re eating the frump ”
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“ In Springfield they ’re eating the dog ! They ’re corrode the cats and they ’re eating the pets!”pic.twitter.com / QR6FoRBH2u
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I ca n’t think “ they ’re eat the dog ” was a REBUTTAL to “ You say weird material at your mass meeting ”
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pets watchin the presidential debatepic.twitter.com/ka0H7kkiQ9
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imagine explaining this to abraham lincolnpic.twitter.com/JeM3yBbXau
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