Actually, it was residents of Springfield, OH saying it and reporting it to Vance…their sitting Senator.

No. This has already been debunked by the person who started it all. It's all over media from all parts of the planet. It's somewhat comical that this has continued.

nbcnews.com - Just exploded springfield woman says never meant spark rumors haitian

The woman behind an early Facebook post spreading a harmful and baseless claim about Haitian immigrants eating local pets that helped thrust a small Ohio city into the national spotlight says she had no firsthand knowledge of any such incident and is now filled with regret and fear as a result of the ensuing fallout.


Reading more articles, the more complete story is she posted something she heard from an acquaintance of a friend whose cat had gone missing (and later turned up alive). Here's more on the effects in Springfield

BBC: Springfield grapples with false cat-eating rumours

Independent, right-wing and pro-Trump news sources searched for evidence, in some cases offering rewards for proof of cat abduction. So far no evidence of pet eating has come to light.

I really don't get how someone (not just you) could read an outrageous story and then take it at face value. Just a bit of digging, and the truth comes out. Instead, people perpetuate the lie, and other people get threatened and/or are in fear for their lives. Over a lie.

In the debate, Harris laughed out loud when the convict made that claim. I sorta laughed when I saw the clip, but more of a sardonic laugh that this moron would make such a claim in public, and his followers would be gullible enough to believe it. (But I checked the claim anyway.)