Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost weighed in Wednesday in defense of former President Donald Trump’s claims of Haitian migrants eating pets by saying there is a credible claim that they are capturing geese for food.
“There’s a recorded police call from a witness who saw immigrants capturing geese for food in Springfield. Citizens testified to City Council,” Mr. Yost said on social media.
He said those people “would be competent witnesses in court.”
Mr. Trump, in Tuesday’s debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, raised the issue of Haitian migrants eating pets, saying he’d “seen people on television” saying it.
“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating the pets of the people that live there,” the GOP candidate said.
Ms. Harris said the claims were evidence of Mr. Trump’s “extreme” campaign.
• Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.
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