The Republican candidate for the US presidency, Donald Trump on Tuesday accused immigrants arriving in the United States of eating the dogs and cats of citizens living in border cities, in front of a stunned Kamala Harris, his Democratic rival in the November 5 elections.

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“Many cities don’t want to talk about it because they are embarrassed. In Springfield they are eating the dogs of the people who came, they are eating the cats, they are eating the pets of the people who live there. “And this is what is happening in our country and it is a disgrace,” said the former president, echoing racist rhetoric.

Trump and his vice presidential running mate, JD Vance, have spread false information about Haitian migrants “causing chaos” in an Ohio town and kidnapping pets to eat.

Local authorities have already come out to deny these rumors, which have spread like wildfire on social networks, especially on X, where Elon Musk himself, The billionaire owner of the platform has helped spread this hoax.

ABC News anchor David Muir was quick to correct the former president: “I just want to clarify this. You mention Springfield, Ohio, and ABC News reached out to the city manager there. “She told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community,” she said.

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Source: https://www.noticiascaracol.com/mundo/trump-culpo-a-migrantes-de-secuestrar-y-comer-perros-gatos-y-las-mascotas-de-la-gente-cb20

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