A mural is displayed in an alley in downtown Springfield, Ohio, on September 16, 2024.
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine wrote in an op-ed published Friday that former President Donald Trump and running mate Vance’s baseless accusations against Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are weakening the republic. Party border information.
“The Biden administration’s failure to control the southern border is a very important issue that Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance are talking about, and one that the American people are rightly deeply concerned about,” DeWine, a Republican, wrote in the Washington Post. new york times.
“But their verbal attacks on these Haitians who are legally in the United States undermine and obscure what should have been a winning argument about the border,” he said.
The long perceived failure of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to stem the tide of asylum seekers at the southern border has been a key message for Republicans up and down the ballot, and not just in Trump’s reelection campaign Activity.
Trump’s latest immigration claims thrust Springfield, Ohio, into the national spotlight after he and Vance, who represents Ohio in the Senate, spread baseless rumors that Haitian immigrants stole and ate the city’s residents’ pets.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine participates in a sound check at Fiserv Forum prior to the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 14, 2024.
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DeWine and local officials have repeatedly denied the claims.
DeWine, who was born in Springfield, wrote on Friday: “As a supporter of former President Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance, I am critical of them and others who continue to repeat the lack of evidence and disparagement of life in Springfield. Field was saddened by the legal immigration argument.
“Such rhetoric hurts the city and its people, and hurts those who spend their lives there.”
The Trump campaign has known that the rumors were false ever since Trump and Vance promoted them. wall street journal — Dozens of bomb threats led to the evacuation and closure of Springfield schools.
DeWine announced Monday that Ohio police will begin conducting raids on city schools every morning and evening. Officials discovered the threats, which also targeted city hall buildings and a local hospital, were hoaxes.
William Martin, a spokesman for Vance, told NBC News that the Republican vice presidential nominee is “pleased” that DeWine supports the Trump-Vance campaign, but that Vance and DeWine “don’t always work together every day.” reached consensus on all issues.”
In his op-ed, DeWine highlighted the role Haitian immigrants played in revitalizing Springfield’s economy, which he said went through “tough times” in the 1980s and 1990s.
“Now, however, Springfield is experiencing a resurgence in manufacturing and jobs. This is thanks in part to the influx of Haitian immigrants who have poured into the city over the past three years to fill job opportunities.”
“They’re there legally. They’re there to work.”
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