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Residents of Springfield, Ohio, are hoping the attention sparked by former President Donald Trump spreading unsubstantiated rumors about the city’s legal Haitian immigrants eating house pets will blow over.

En los tranquilos rincones de Springfield, Ohio, fuera de la vista de los políticos y periodistas, policías y cámaras de seguridad recién instaladas, la gente que vive aquí está tomando aire, orando e intentando seguir adelante.

Portage County Sheriff Bruce D. Zuchowski wrote in a follow-up post he "as the elected sheriff" has a "First Amendment right, as do all citizens."

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The woman has since deleted the post claiming that one of her Haitian neighbors might have taken a neighbor’s cat. But it took on a life of its own.

Springfield City Manager Bryan Heck said there’s no evidence of any cats or other pets being harmed or eaten by the Haitian immigrants.