His claims have no truth behind them
Donald Trump was shut down perfectly in last night’s presidential debate after he claimed that immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
The debate moderator was asking the two candidates about immigration when the Republican candidate made the false claims.
Kamala Harris, the Democrat candidate, responded to the question with a dig towards Trump.
“I’m going to actually do something unusual, and I’m going to invite you to attend one of Donald Trump’s rallies,” Harris said.
“People start leaving his rallies early, out of boredom and exhaustion.”
Her comments clearly left Trump rattled, as when it came to his turn to answer the question, he began by claiming Harris was paying attendees of her rallies, before going on to make false claims of immigrants eating people’s pets.
“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs, the people that came in, they’re eating the cats,” he said.
“They’re eating the pets of the people that live there.”
The debate moderator, ABC’s David Muir, shut down Trump’s claims.
“You bring up Springfield, Ohio, and ABC News did reach out to the city manager there,” Muir said.
“He told us there had been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community.”
Trump then interrupted the moderator and said he had seen it “on television.”
“Well, I’ve seen people on television. People on television say, ‘My dog was taken and used for food,’ so maybe he said that and maybe that’s a good thing to say for a city manager,” Trump said.
Harris’ response was one of bemusement, as she stood there laughing and looking at her opponent rather pitifully throughout his wild claims.
“Talk about extreme,” she laughed when the moderators let her respond.
Trump’s claims reportedly originate in a video from a Springfield resident who said immigrants had been killing ducks for food in the locality, via The Guardian.
The video’s unsubstantiated claims went on to go viral in right-wing circles, with AI-generated images of the Republican candidate surrounded by pets appearing online.
