“In Springfield (Ohio), 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.”
What PolitiFact found
A Springfield, Ohio, city spokesperson, the mayor and city police all said claims that Haitian immigrants are stealing and eating residents’ pets are unfounded.
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In short
Donald Trump (Republican presidential nominee) made this claim around 10 September 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 September 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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