John Legend has no time for former president Ohio. At the that went down against opponent on September 10, the businessman said that in the town "They’re eating the pets of the people that live there,” Trump suggested. However, Legend hit back at the statements in a on Thursday.
The -- who grew up in Springfield -- said in a clip on social media, “You may have heard of Springfield, Ohio this week." “In fact, if you watched the debate, we were discussed by our presidential candidates, including a very special, interesting man named Donald J. Trump," Legend continued.
“Our city had been shrinking for decades,” he said. “We didn’t have enough jobs, we didn’t have enough opportunity. So people left and went somewhere else.
So when I was there, we had upward of 75,000 people. And in the last five years, we were down to like 60,000 people," the "Glory" musician explained. He noted that President Joe Biden has opened up more jobs and there are "a lot of job opportunities.
" "We didn’t have enough people in our town of 60,000 people to fill those jobs. And during the same time, there had been upheaval and turmoil in Haiti, and the federal government granted visas and immigration status to a certain number of Haitian immigrants so they could come to our country legally," Legend said. He noted that Springfield has “15,000 or so immigrants” to the growing population of 60,000.
He then advocated for these immigrants, saying that they are undergoing challenges as they adapt to a new country and culture. “The bottom line is these people came to Springfield because there were jobs for them, and they were willing to work, and they wanted to live the American dream." “Some facts about immigrants,” the "All of Me" crooner went on.
“They usually do very well here. They are hardworking, they’re ambitious. They commit less crime than native-born Americans, and they will assimilate and integrate in time.
But it takes time, so I think all of us need to have the same kind of grace that we would want our ancestors to have.” “Nobody’s eating cats, nobody’s eating dogs. We all just want to live and flourish and raise our families in a healthy and safe environment.
How about we love one another?" he asked..
