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Jerrad Christian for Congress@JerradChristian · Sep 14, 2024

Children locked inside homes, families terrified, teachers and city officials afraid to go to work. This is what we…

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Summary

A thread describing how false claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio—originating from a debunked conspiracy theory and amplified by Trump and Vance—led to bomb threats, school closures, and widespread fear in the community, despite Haitian residents being legal immigrants who haven't caused the problems alleged.

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  1. #1

    Children locked inside homes, families terrified, teachers and city officials afraid to go to work. This is what we might expect in a town taken hostage by terrorists, in another country. But the country is ours, the town is my family’s, and the terrorists are American. /1 🧵

  2. #2

    I have family in Springfield. It’s where my grandma spent her final years, and I still visit to see family members. Before this past week, everyone was fine. Now people are living in fear. /2

  3. #3

    The Springfield City School District had to close for two days after extremists who heard Trump’s comments at the debate made BOMB THREATS against an elementary school and several city offices. /3

  4. #4

    Haitians in Springfield are here legally, and they ARE NOT eating people’s pets or destroying the community. But Donald Trump is doubling down on these racist, xenophobic lies. /4

  5. #5

    It’s frankly unbelievable that Trump has decided to continue with this attack even after the bomb threats and the evacuations and the condemnations by city officials. This lie didn’t start with Haitians. It didn’t even start with Springfield. /5

  6. #6

    On 8/16, police in Canton arrested an American woman alleged to have eaten a cat. A local neo-Nazi group started spreading the rumor that Haitians in Springfield were eating animals, and body cam footage of the Canton woman was shared online labeling her a Haitian immigrant. /6

  7. #7

    This conspiracy theory spread like wildfire online BEFORE Trump repeated it on the debate stage, in part because J.D. Vance kept sharing it. When asked about spreading misinformation, Vance echoed Trump and insinuated that he knows better than Springfield officials. /7

  8. #8

    These lunatics aren’t even in office and their racist, Nazi lies are already having real consequences. Imagine how much worse it will be if Donald Trump is re-elected. /8

  9. #9

    Haitians in Springfield are here legally and have been for years. They are not coming in from the outside and creating chaos. That’s what the Republican Party "leadership" is doing. They do not care what happens to kids in Springfield or anywhere else. They DO. NOT. CARE. /9

  10. #10

    I want better for ALL families in this country. We can have a future without political violence or leaders who risk our lives to push their lies. The GOP won’t change unless we give them a reason to. Will you help me take away some of their power? /10 secure.actblue.com/donate/j_twitt…