Ever since the Presidential Debate claim made by former President Donald Trump about the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio. The community has been facing an extreme amount of racial discrimination for their accusation of eating people’s pets.

“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. This is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame,” said Trump.

Since then, their community has been subject to various amounts of hate. The source says there were at least 33 separate bomb threats to schools, 36 troopers have been sent out to schools to do bomb sweeps in the mornings, and Wittenberg University has canceled events due to threats in Springfield.

The false claims about Haitians have put many of them in danger and they are left terrified for their safety. Trump’s running mate J.D Vance, has seemingly admitted to “creating the story” but Trump continues to escalate this claim further making it one of the main talking points in his Arizona campaign rally.

The fact that the Haitian community in Springfield cannot even go to Walmart or be out in public daily is terrifying and all because of a false claim made to defend an argument targeted against immigrant communities. His claim seems to be a remark to the broad pattern of his racist rhetoric that has been repeated several times on many occasions. With the use of media, rumors have spread further and caused more awareness of the situation and chaos.

The safety concerns for the community have even affected events like Culture Fest which has been canceled due to safety concerns for Springfield Haitian community. Culture Fest would have been scheduled to begin Sept. 27 but has been shut down for the year.

The well-being of the Haitian community in Springfield has been incredibly affected by the false claim made by Trump and has left them scared, anxious and miserable in their own homes by the thought of their children being racially discriminated against because of the recent uproar happening in their city.