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“Illegal” Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are “reportedly killing and eating pets.”
Bernie Moreno · An Instagram post · September 9, 2024 · U.S. Senator from Ohio
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Context
PolitiFact records the statement as an Instagram post of September 9, 2024. A Springfield city spokesperson told the checker there are no credible reports of it happening, and the check notes that many Haitians in Springfield entered the United States under a federal humanitarian parole program.
Topics: Immigration, Ohio.
Other claims by Bernie Moreno
Sources
- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno pushes unfounded migrant pet-eating narrative · PolitiFact · 2024-09-18 · accessed 2026-09-19
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