Former President Trump pledged to travel to Springfield, Ohio, after false claims that he and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), have made about Haitian immigrants eating pets in the city.
Trump said at a rally in New York on Wednesday that he would go to the town in the next two weeks and also go to Aurora, Colo., where discussions of gang activity from Venezuelan migrants have been exaggerated but still become a part of the national conversation on immigration.
“I’m going to go there in the next two weeks. I’m going to Springfield, and I’m going to Aurora,” Trump said. “You may never see me again, but that’s OK. Gotta do what I gotta do. Whatever happened to Trump? Well, he never got out of Springfield.”
The Republican presidential nominee’s comments come as widespread attention has been given to Springfield, where false claims of Haitian migrants eating pets surfaced after…
