VP #KamalaHarris slammed the "hateful rhetoric" & "nonsense" from #Trump around his debunked claim that #Haitian #immigrants in #Springfield, #Ohio, are eating people's pets.
Harris, who made the comments to a #NABJ panel in Philadelphia on Tues, said of Trump, "You cannot be entrusted w/ standing behind the seal of the president of the #UnitedStates of America, engaging in that hateful rhetoric that, as usual, is designed to divide us as a country."
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Harris slams "hateful rhetoric" from Trump about Haitian immigrants
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to a National Association of Black Journalists panel in Philadelphia on Tuesday.Kathryn Watson (CBS News)
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Trump accused #Haitians of eating #Springfield citizens' pets in the presidential #debate last week, & as viral, *false claims* [#lies] on the topic continued to circulate, the city of Springfield has had to step up its #security.
#Ohio Gov Mike DeWine (R) sent 3 dozen state troopers to provide more security as a result of what he said were "a series of unfounded #BombThreats."
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in reply to Nonilex • • •2 elementary #schools were #evacuated & 2 local #colleges moved their classes online as a result of the #threats, & a festival has been canceled as a #safety precaution. DeWine, a #Republican, said many of the threats "are coming in from overseas" from people (opportunists who have latched onto #Trump’s #racism) who want to fuel #discord. Most of the #Haitian #immigrants in the US are here legally under US programs, even as #Trump says he would deport them "back to Venezuela."
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in reply to Nonilex • • •"This is #exhausting, & it's #harmful & it's #hateful...& grounded in some age-old stuff that we should not have the tolerance for," Harris said. "So, let's turn the page & chart a new way forward & say [to #Trump], 'you can't have that microphone again.'"
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