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Swede

(34,511 posts)
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 09:09 AM Sep 18

How the Trump Campaign Ran With Rumors About Pet-Eating Migrants--After Being Told They Weren't True

Vance fits like a glove in the Trump team.

Springfield, Ohio, city officials were contacted by Vance’s team and said the claims were baseless. It didn’t matter and now the town is in chaos.

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/springfield-ohio-pet-eating-claims-haitian-migrants-04598d48

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How the Trump Campaign Ran With Rumors About Pet-Eating Migrants--After Being Told They Weren't True (Original Post) Swede Sep 18 OP
Paywall. Can you post a few paragraphs? Ocelot II Sep 18 #1
archive link dpibel Sep 18 #2
No paywall link Nevilledog Sep 18 #3
Thanks! Ocelot II Sep 18 #4
As someone pointed out yesterday moonscape Sep 18 #5

moonscape

(5,327 posts)
5. As someone pointed out yesterday
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 10:38 AM
Sep 18

on MSNBC (might have been Timothy Snyder?), the point of the Springfield story is not whether it’s true or. not, the point is to keep the conversation related to immigration. When the topic is immigration, the Menace has the advantage, if it’s climate change for example he’s losing.

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