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CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale reports:
“I’m talking to my constituents and I’m hearing terrible things about what’s going on in Springfield, and Kamala Harris’ open-border policies have caused these problems,” Vance said. Moments later, he said, “Murders are up by 81% because of what Kamala Harris has allowed to happen to this small community.”
“During the time that I’ve been with the prosecutor’s office, which is 21 years now, we have not had any murders involving the Haitian community – as either the victims or as the perpetrators of those murders,” Daniel Driscoll, the Republican top prosecutor in Clark County, in which Springfield is the largest city, said in a Friday interview.
Vance said murders in Springfield have soared “because of” Harris’ policies. But a quick glance at Springfield’s murder numbers for the last three presidential terms – which are easily available online from the FBI and the state of Ohio – immediately calls his assertion into question.
Read the full article. Some cultists are replying to the tweet below with claims that murders supposedly committed by Springfield’s Haitians simply aren’t being reported. As Dale goes on to report, Springfield experienced more murders under Trump than it did under Obama or Biden.
JD Vance: “Murders are up by 81% because of what Kamala Harris has allowed to happen in Springfield”
Daniel Driscoll, Republican Prosecutor in Springfield: “During the time that I’ve been with the office, 21 years now, we have not had any murders involving the Haitian community”
— Old Man Lefty (@OldManLefty1) September 21, 2024
Yet another Trump-Vance misleading smear goes up in smoke
Vance: “Murders are up by 81% because of what Kamala Harris has allowed to happen to this small community”
CNN: Fact check: Springfield had more murders under Trump than under Biden-Harrishttps://t.co/WWgMBo0dzT
— Ian Sams (@IanSams) September 21, 2024