Donald Trump has been mocked on social media after repeating claims during his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris that Haitian immigrants were eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
On Tuesday, the two presidential candidates had their first—and possibly only—debate in Philadelphia, where they argued about the economy, abortion, foreign policy and immigration.
While responding to Harris’ claim that people leave his rallies early, Trump said the reason people attend his rallies is because they “want to take their country back.” He then linked their discussion of rally attendance to the immigration debate, which the pet-eating claims are rooted in.
“What they have done to our country by allowing these millions and millions of people to come into our country—and look at what’s happening to the towns all over the United States,” the former president said.
“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs—the people that came in,” Trump continued. They’re eating the cats. They’re eating the pets of the people that live there, and this is what’s …