Florida Haitians Condemn Vance For “Pet Eating” Lies

Florida Politics reports:

Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance is making headlines again, this time for spreading an unsubstantiated rumor that Haitian migrants are stealing and eating pets in Ohio. Yes, you read that right. Now Haitian leaders in South Florida are taking Vance to task.

North Miami Democratic Rep. Dotie Joseph said that as a lawyer, Vance knows how to research and should be disciplined for his “racist and xenophobic claims, which he certainly knew and should have known to be fraudulent, even if he doesn’t ‘practice’ law.”

Linda Joseph, Chair of the Haitian-led Ayisyen Pou Harris grassroots initiative that recently opened a new North Miami campaign office, offered similarly stern sentiments. “How dare JD Vance spread such vile and false accusations about our community,” she said in a statement.

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Haitian leaders in South Florida blast @JDVance for ‘vile and false’ accusations of pet-eating

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