Springfield, Ohio has become the newest battlefield in the information war, and now it's locked down over a series of bomb threats. In this Hot Take, I explain the issues with the word “Hoax” as it relates to this situation, and call out Donald Trump, JD Vance, Libs of TikTok, and the rest of the lying liars who used literal Neo-Nazi propaganda to put Springfield’s Haitian refugee community at risk.

Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:

How a fringe online claim about immigrants eating pets made its way to the debate stage

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-fringe-online-claim-immigrants-eating-pets-debate-trump-rcna170759

More Than Half of Trump Voters Believe Haitians Are Eating Pets: Poll

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-republicans-haitian-migrants-eating-pets-poll-1954875

JD Vance defends baseless rumor about Haitian immigrants eating pets

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/vance-immigrants-pets-springfield-ohio-cnntv/index.html

Fact check: Ohio woman accused of eating cat is from Canton, not from Springfield

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2024/09/10/canton-woman-accused-of-eating-cat-not-haitian-from-springfield-ohio/75157976007/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=ExploreMore

More truth about Springfield, Ohio: What has happened since the pet-eating rumors started

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2024/09/17/springfield-ohio-truth-latest-since-trumps-haitian-pet-eating-claims-fact-check/75260318007/

Haitian immigrants helped revive a struggling Ohio town. Then neo-Nazis turned up

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/14/neo-nazis-springfield-ohio-haitian-immigrants

Springfield, Ohio, cancels town festival after violent threats over Haitian resident

www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/springfield-ohio-cancels-town-festival-after-violent-threats-over-haitian-residents

Neo-Nazi who left Maine claims credit for ‘eating dogs and cats’ lies

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/09/16/aroostook/aroostook-culture/neo-nazi-christopher-polhaus-left-maine-takes-credit-eating-dogs-cats-lies/

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