WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top US Republicans peddled false claims denigrating immigrants Monday, saying Haitian arrivals are stealing and eating pets — a conspiracy theory, debunked by authorities, that went viral as Donald Trump stokes fears ahead of November's election.
Trump running mate J.D. Vance and Republican lawmakers, officials and influencers have pushed unfounded rumors out of Springfield, Ohio that have thrust the city's growing Haitian population into the center of the US presidential race.
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