SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A migrant-advocacy leader who says America’s immigration “system is rooted in anti-Black racism” has filed criminal charges against Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, including two for “aggravated menacing,” over the pair’s comments about Haitians’ food choices in small-town Ohio.
Guerline Jozef, on behalf of her group Haitian Bridge Alliance, Tuesday demanded Clark County Municipal Court “issue arrest warrants for both Trump and Vance” for spreading “a false and dangerous narrative by claiming that Springfield, Ohio’s Haitian community is criminally killing and eating neighbors’ dogs and cats, and killing and eating geese.” Ohio law allows private citizens to file criminal charges via affidavit directly to a court, which decides if it will issue warrants, refer the matter to a prosecutor or reject the charges. The small town of 58,000 people has become the center of a political firestorm since Republican vice-presidential candidate Vance tweeted allegations that Haitian migrants are abducting and eating neighborhood pets — allegations Trump amplified in dramatic fashion during his Sept.
10 debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. “In Springfield, they are eating the dogs. The people that came in, they are eating the cats,” the ex-prez said in a moment that went viral.
Jozef’s sworn statement alleges six crimes against the GOP’s dynamic duo: “The Haitian community is suffering in fear because of Trump and Vance’s relent.