Written in November 2024. So sad to see people falling for these tactics now. You still have a choice. You always have a choice in how you treat people. Full article:
https://t.co/npc5rLqWyZ
Today is the first day of no-excuse early voting in Kentucky.
If you've gone to cast your ballot, please reply and let us know where in Kentucky you're at, what the line was like and how long it took you to get in and out. ^TD
Saw this somewhere and I can’t stop thinking about the clarity it invokes for me as a a person with pets …not that I needed more clarity on the matter, heh.
“Keep it simple vote for whoever you would leave your pet with for a week.”
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If you have a way we can help, please let us know. Doing online events, sharing links, whatever it is; we’re there.
Let’s band together to help everyone impacted.
Vance is still not backing down from the pet-eating claims, even though:
- The woman whose post went viral says it wasn't true
- The woman whose 911 call went viral found her cat in her basement.
- The police say it's not true
- Local officials say it's not true
- It's not true.
Springfield, Ohio, has been thrust into the political spotlight this election year as Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance repeated baseless claims that Haitian immigrants in the small town are abducting and eating people's pets.
Local officials have debunked the claim, telling PBS News there has been no uptick in crime related to Haitian residents and they have not seen any reports of people's pets being kidnapped.
Vance, the junior senator from Ohio, said his office received reports, but acknowledged it's possible "these rumors will turn out to be false," in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Springfield's population has grown in the last four years by more than 20 percent, driven nearly entirely by immigration. An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians now live in the city.
@WmBrangham reports.