Ohio Lt Gov Jokes About Racist Anti-Haitian Claims

The Ohio Capital Journal reports:

A social media post by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted on Friday appeared to joke about a racist conspiracy theory that continues to rock an Ohio community.

A day after a Springfield school and other public buildings were evacuated and closed due to bomb threats, and the same day that two other Springfield elementary schools were evacuated and one middle school closed due to a new, separate bomb threat, Husted posted a photo of two geese on X Friday morning with the comment, “Most Americans agree that these migrants should be deported.”

Anti-immigrant rhetoric has been linked to mass violence. Experts say that whipping up fears of an “immigrant invasion” and “terror” and conspiracy theories of a “great replacement” have helped motivate racist massacres over the past six years in El Paso, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh.

Read the full article. Husted’s spox has refused to comment. He first appeared here in 2012 when as Ohio secretary of state he eliminated extended hours for early voting.

Most Americans agree that these migrants should be deported pic.twitter.com/2zqeLIQphY

— Jon Husted (@JonHusted) September 13, 2024

A social media post by Ohio Lt Gov Jon Husted on Friday appeared to joke about a racist conspiracy theory that continues to rock the community of Springfield, which has had to evacuate elementary schools the last two days due to bomb threats@martyschladenhttps://t.co/Wjydb3pjFf

— Ohio Capital Journal (@OhioCapJournal) September 14, 2024