𝕁𝔻 𝕍𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕤𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕞𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕆𝕙𝕚𝕠 𝕞𝕚𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤

ℝ𝕖𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕁𝔻 𝕍𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕤𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕞𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔻𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕕 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 ℍ𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕟 𝕆𝕙𝕚𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕓𝕕𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕖𝕥𝕤, 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖'𝕤 𝔾𝕆ℙ 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠 𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕣.

V

ance, an Ohio senator, said constituents in Springfield are bringing concerns to him and that at least 10 were "verifiable".

In a series of news show interviews, he said he was amplifying the claims as a way to draw attention to Democrat Kamala Harris' immigration policies, which he said are lax, while adding, "Everybody who has dealt with a large influx of migration knows that sometimes there are cultural practices that seem very far out there to a lot of Americans".

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Local and state officials have said the claims are untrue, wrongly cast the city in a negative light and have brought unwanted and frightening negative attention since Trump mentioned it in the presidential debate last week when he called out Springfield by name. 

For two days straight, bomb threats prompted the evacuation of schools and government buildings, with some emailed threats referencing an influx of migrants into the community.

But it wasn't just Springfield officials who were refuting the claims. Governor Mike DeWine said that "there's a lot of garbage on the internet and, you know, this is a piece of garbage that was simply not true. There's no evidence of this at all".

"If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do," Vance said.

He went on to say: "Let me tell you what we do know, though. What we know is that the Haitians who are in Springfield are legal. They came to Springfield to work. Ohio is on the move, and Springfield has really made a great resurgence with a lot of companies coming in. These Haitians came in to work for these companies. "What the companies tell us is that they are very good workers. They're very happy to have them there. And, frankly, that's helped the economy."

Still, the narrative has dominated Trump's campaign messaging over the past week and is highlighting how some in the Republican Party are willing to embrace and amplify false claims as part of the inflammatory and anti-immigrant rhetoric that Trump has promoted throughout his campaigns.

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"Whatever some local mayor said about this case, I am hearing from dozens of constituents who are concerned about these issues," Vance said.

He added: "I think it's important to say we're not mad at Haitian migrants wanting to have a better life. We're angry at Kamala Harris for letting this happen to a small Ohio town, and thank God Donald Trump has called attention to it and would fight back against these policies."

Roughly 15,000 immigrants have arrived in the past few years in the predominantly white, blue-collar city of about 60,000 just over an hour west of Columbus.

Vance was asked in an interview whether he knew the claims were false.

"If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do," Vance said, quickly clarifying that he "created the focus that allowed the media to talk about this story and the suffering caused by policies".

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