In the past month, right-wing media and the Trump campaign have pushed smears against immigrants in Alabama, Colorado, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, claiming they are abducting and eating pets, invading local communities, and taking over American cities. City and state officials — both Democrats and Republicans — as well as police departments have debunked these right-wing rumors.
There have been violent threats in the aftermath of this conservative fearmongering. For instance, Springfield, Ohio, received at least 33 bomb threats and was forced to evacuate and close city buildings out of safety concerns after the Trump campaign’s and its media allies’ repeated attacks on the city’s Haitian population.
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Publish date : 2024-09-26 03:30:00
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