Tuesday's first and, so far, only scheduled presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump had a little bit of everything. But perhaps no issue created a bigger buzz than the Republican candidate doubling down on the baseless claim that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Ohio, a claim that has been emphatically debunked to the point that even VP candidate JD Vance was forced to backtrack on the initial remarks that triggered the outcry.
According to The Springfield News-Sun, the rumor went viral after a post on a local Facebook group in which someone "claimed that their neighbor's daughter's friend" discovered her missing cat being carved up at a Haitian neighbor's home. The post claimed no firsthand knowledge of the incident.
