Not content with causing chaos spreading baseless claims of Haitians stealing and eating cats in Springfield, Ohio, today GOP vice presidential candidate went further asserting that Haitians and Vice President Kamala Harris are responsible for a spike in murders. Except – there were more murders in Springfield under Trump’s administration than Biden-Harris.
Yet another Trump-Vance misleading smear goes up in smoke
Vance: “Murders are up by 81% because of what Kamala Harris has allowed to happen to this small community” CNN: Fact check: Springfield had more murders under Trump than under Biden-Harrishttps://t.co/WWgMBo0dzT — Ian Sams (@IanSams) September 21, 2024
does the fact-checking:
“I’m talking to my constituents and I’m hearing terrible things about what’s going on in Springfield, and Kamala Harris’ open-border policies have caused these problems,” Vance said. Moments later, he said, “Murders are up by 81% because of what Kamala Harris has allowed to happen to this small community.”
“During the time that I’ve been with the prosecutor’s office, which is 21 years now, we have not had any murders involving the Haitian community – as either the victims or as the perpetrators of those murders,” Daniel Driscoll, the Republican top prosecutor in Clark County, in which Springfield is the largest city, said in a Friday interview.
CNN goes on to cite statistics from the state of Ohio which shows there were 33 murders in Springfield during Trump’s four years in the White House. During the Biden administration there have been 22. That would be the opposite of a “spike in murders.”
Yet another Trump-Vance misleading smear goes up in smoke
Vance: “Murders are up by 81% because of what Kamala Harris has allowed to happen to this small community” CNN: Fact check: Springfield had more murders under Trump than under Biden-Harrishttps://t.co/WWgMBo0dzT — Ian Sams (@IanSams) September 21, 2024
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