Ohio’s Republican governor revealed on Monday that reported bomb threats against various sites in Springfield, Ohio, that have been blamed on Republican rhetoric surrounding the Haitian migrant crisis in the town were all “hoaxes.”
“Thirty-three threats; Thirty-three hoaxes,” Gov. Mike DeWine announced during a press conference. “I want to make that very, very clear. None of these had any validity at all.”
DeWine said during the press conference that many of the threats came from “overseas.”
“We have people unfortunately overseas who are taking these actions,” DeWine added. “Some of them are coming from one particular country.”
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The governor’s office said it is not disclosing the country in an effort to discourage threats to the schools and other buildings.
DeWine also said that dozens of members of the Ohio State Highway Patrol will be stationed in city schools after the threats, with officers sweeping buildings …