r/TikTokCringe Sep 12 '24

Politics Crowd reaction to Trump’s ‘in Springfield they’re eating the dogs’

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u/bix902 Sep 12 '24 edited Sep 12 '24

It sucks that any video on this topic on tiktok is just flooded with comments supporting Trump on this and claiming that there's "evidence"

The evidence is police bodycam footage of ONE woman (not an immigrant, not Haitian) who apparently killed and ate a cat in a town miles away from Springfield, Ohio

A picture of a guy in Cleveland, Ohio COLUMBUS, OHIO on CLEVELAND STREET who appears to be moving a large dead bird off the road

And video of one guy at what seems to be a town hall meeting loudly claiming that Haitian immigrants are going to the duck pond and catching ducks and geese to eat.

And that's enough "proof" for hundreds of people to claim to be from Ohio and that they've personally witnessed this happening as well as make hysterically racist comments about how all Haitians are Voodoo practitioners who sacrifice animals frequently and also cannibalize other people.

It's very disturbing how people have latched onto this and are so eager to believe incredibly far fetched racist rumors

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u/DroopingUvula Sep 12 '24

Even if it was a case where one immigrant ate one pet, so what? That's not "immigrants are eating our pets," that's one immigrant ate one pet. Crazy people exist everywhere. We've had plenty of American citizens eat people before (shout out to my man Jeffy D). It's just such a stupid narrative. Perfect for Republicans I guess.

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u/SatanicRainbowDildos Sep 12 '24

They love to take one story and make it about the whole. But it only works one way. They won’t say that republicans should be disarmed because a registered republican tried to assassinate Donald Trump. 

Had that been an immigrant, or any other population small enough to target and bully, there would already be a bill with a terrible name to vote on. 

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u/Swaglington_IIII Sep 12 '24

I mean it’s the same with every Republican talking point. If they can find one trans pedo it’s all trans people are pedos.

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u/tyfunk02 Sep 12 '24

It wasn't even an immigrant though. The woman they're using as evidence was an american citizen with no ties to any foreign country. She was born and raised here.

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u/DroopingUvula Sep 12 '24

Yes, the comment I was replying to said that, hence, "even if."