Donald Trump Defends False Claims About Haitian Immigrants Eating Pets, Calls Jan. 6 ‘a Day of Love’ at Univision Town Hall
variety.comMichaela Zee Former President Donald Trump addressed an audience of undecided Latino voters on Wednesday at a town hall in Miami, where he responded to questions about reproductive rights, climate change, immigration, the cost of living and the Jan.
6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. At the town hall, hosted by Univision, Trump defended the baseless claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating their neighbors’ pets. “I was just saying what was reported,” he explained. “That’s been reported, and eating other things, too, that they’re not supposed to be.” He added that “newspapers” reported on this claim, but did not name any sources.
Ramiro Gonzalez, a self-proclaimed Republican who wanted to give Trump the “opportunity to try to win back my vote,” said he was alarmed by how the former president “waited so long to take action” during the Jan.
6 insurrection. “Hundreds of thousands of people come to Washington,” Trump said in a lengthy response. “They didn’t come because of me.
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