The virtual president of the United States, Republican Donald Trump, won the elections in the city of Springfield, Ohio, which had become famous during the campaign for the false claim promoted by the New York magnate himself about Haitian immigrants who ate dogs and cats. .
Trump obtained 49.7% of the votes compared to Democrat Kamala Harris’s 49.1%, a victory of just 135 votes but significant because it occurred in one of the main epicenters of the electoral campaign.
Four years ago, President Joe Biden took more than 1,800 votes from Trump.
Trump used the loudspeaker during his face-to-face debate with Harris to affirm that in the city of Springfield “the people who arrived,” referring to the Haitians, are eating “the pets of the people who live there.”
This is a lie that circulated during the election campaign on social media, which captured the attention of the country’s main media outlets and was echoed, for example, by billionaire Elon Musk, a Trump ally.
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This despite the fact that local authorities, such as the mayor himself, Republican Rob Rue, had denied it.
Springfield, a city in the depressed ‘rust belt’, has seen in recent years the arrival of a large number of migrants, specifically of Haitian origin, thanks to the revival of its industry.
Their arrival with a humanitarian “parole” (temporary stay permits) that allows them to legally reside and work temporarily, has created challenges for the city, such as the increase in housing prices or the adaptation of the public education system to the incorporation of a large number of students.
With information from EFE
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