“Referring to immigrants in a southwestern Ohio city, “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.”
Donald Trump
Former President of the United States. presidential debate. Claim dated 10 Sep 2024.
FactCheck.org rated thisDebunked Rumor
What FactCheck.org found
City police have said there have been “no credible reports” of that kind of activity.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (Former President of the United States) made this claim around 10 September 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 September 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “Debunked Rumor”.
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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