{"id":115174,"date":"2024-10-17T12:17:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T05:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115174"},"modified":"2024-10-17T12:17:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T05:17:47","slug":"at-univision-town-hall-trump-refuses-to-back-off-false-claims-about-haitian-migrants-eating-pets-in-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115174","title":{"rendered":"At Univision town hall, Trump refuses to back off false claims about Haitian migrants eating pets in Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2c9qywl000llwqnbbbg6dc2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated his false claim that Haitian migrants in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/19\/us\/springfield-ohio-haitians-immigration-cec\/index.html\">Springfield, Ohio,<\/a> are eating their neighbors\u2019 pets, using a town hall with undecided Latino voters to prop up misinformation that has been rejected by local and statewide leaders from both parties.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2c9t63o00093b6m0fafjl45@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Asked by an audience member if he truly believed the Springfield story, Trump insisted he was only \u201csaying what was reported.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2c9t63p000a3b6mh62vvzfi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cAll I do is report,\u201d Trump said, not sharing his sources other than to name \u201cnewspapers.\u201d The former president also \u2013 again without any evidence \u2013 said the migrant community is \u201ceating other things too that they\u2019re not supposed to be.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2c9t63p000b3b6mxgmy6bbk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            His latest incendiary remarks came during a Univision forum in Florida moderated by Mexican journalist Enrique Acevedo. Trump has made inroads with Hispanic voters, but Vice President Kamala Harris still has an advantage \u2013 albeit slimmer than Joe Biden\u2019s in 2020 \u2013 with that demographic.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2cpqu8400013b6mp2hc5l67@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump stood and nodded as he was asked some of the most pointed questions he\u2019s faced from voters on the 2024 campaign trail \u2013 including why he \u201cwaited so long to take action\u201d as his supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and what he\u2019d tell the families of gun violence victims about his opposition to gun control measures.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2cpr0ua00033b6muv1kl6kk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The former president didn\u2019t criticize the questioners but didn\u2019t budge on his positions, either. He largely ignored the detailed questions from the audience, frequently pivoting to attacks on undocumented immigrants.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2cdnoiq00173b6m332586mm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ahead of Trump\u2019s appearance, the Harris-Walz campaign attempted to set the narrative with a news conference in Florida, featuring several children who came to the United States from Central America and were forcibly separated from their parents under the Trump administration\u2019s border policies.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2c9t63p000c3b6m7we9j0n2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris, who appeared at her own Univision town hall last week, has repeatedly ripped Trump over the claims about Haitians, saying at a discussion hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists in September that the former president is \u201cspewing lies grounded in tropes.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2c9t63p000d3b6mxqmbrn9x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The right-wing misinformation about Haitian people now living in Springfield \u2013 legally under Temporary Protected Status \u2013 has become a staple of Trump\u2019s dark and often misleading message on immigration. His running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, has also doubled and tripled down on the conspiracy theories \u2013 over the objections of his home state\u2019s Republican governor, Mike DeWine, along with the city\u2019s mayor and police chief.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2c9t63p000e3b6mqovmumxd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A barrage of anonymous threats against the city\u2019s Haitian community led local officials to cancel a cultural diversity celebration and DeWine, who in September called the viral story a \u201cpiece of garbage\u201d and \u201csimply not true,\u201d eventually called in state police to protect students.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2c9t63p000f3b6mtv21tqvi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump has previously said that the Haitian migrants, despite their protected status under federal law, are \u201cillegal immigrants as far as I\u2019m concerned,\u201d saying he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/03\/politics\/trump-revoke-status-ohio-haitian-migrants\/index.html\">revoke their status <\/a>and deport them if he wins another term in November.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2c9t63p000g3b6mfp79zshl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The initial question to the former president on Wednesday noted that remark, which like so many others came despite multiple attempts by authorities in Springfield to publicly quash the false claims. Trump did not respond directly, but \u2013 after acknowledging he\u2019s never been to the city \u2013 said he is planning a visit.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2c9t63p000h3b6mtbhpejac@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI\u2019m going to be there and we\u2019re going to take a look,\u201d Trump said, \u201cand I\u2019ll give you a full report when I do.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2c9t63p000i3b6mbgdyo9wp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump said that the migrants are \u201ceating the pets of the people that live there\u201d during a debate with Harris in September. Pressed by the moderator, Trump said he saw people on television who said \u201ctheir dog was eaten by the people that went there.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2c9t63p000j3b6mfphrloqa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A spokesperson for the City of Springfield told CNN shortly afterward that \u201cthere have been no credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2c9r00q00003b6my01rm8f4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump was also asked by voters about his plan for the \u201cmass deportation\u201d of undocumented immigrants and why, earlier this year, he so fiercely opposed a bipartisan border bill on Capitol Hill.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2cc1o6t000y3b6mpsj8v511@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The legislation was championed by Oklahoma Sen.\u00a0James Lankford, a conservative Republican, but GOP support fell away after Trump blasted it, calling the deal a \u201cgreat gift to the Democrats, and a Death Wish for The Republican Party.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2cc1o6t000z3b6mhaqnjnc1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The former president did not directly answer either question, twice reverting to talking points about his administration\u2019s immigration policy and, on the issue of deportations, economic difficulties facing farmers.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2cc1o6t00103b6myvtup0ur@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe had the strongest border we\u2019ve ever had in the history, recorded history of our country,\u201d Trump said when questioned about his border plan. \u201cFour years ago, we had a border that was great. And again, people were coming in, but they were coming in through a legal process.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2cc1o6t00113b6m39kni25x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            When asked specifically who would do the jobs of migrant farm workers if he deported them en masse, Trump swerved into more lurid claims about undocumented immigrants, saying those coming across the US border with Mexico are \u201cmurderers, drug dealers, terrorists.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph paragraph_contributors inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_contributors\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2ccc8bm00143b6muj5ya3tm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN\u2019s Eric Bradner and Arit John contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2cc1mum000w3b6m3xh6o0te@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>This story has been updated with additional developments.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/16\/politics\/trump-univision-town-hall\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated his false claim that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating their neighbors\u2019 pets, using a town hall with undecided Latino &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115174\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}