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President Joe Biden lashed out at Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump Friday during an event at the White House, demanding he stop spreading debunked falsehoods about Haitian migrants.
During an appearance at an event at the White House, Biden laid into Trump for spreading false claims about migrants eating dogs and cats in Springfield, Ohio, which he repeated this week during his debate with his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump’s claims, as well as similar ones made earlier by GOP running mate JD Vance, have been blamed for bomb threats that have forced the closure and evacuations of schools and public buildings in the Ohio city.
“I want to today take a moment to say something,” the president said. “Like so many Americans, like [White House press secretary] Karine [Jean-Pierre], as you pointed out, a proud Haitian American — a community that’s under attack in our country right now. It’s simply wrong. There’s no place in America. This has to stop, what he’s doing. It has to stop.”
Springfield schools were evacuated again Friday amid the bomb threats. One middle school and two elementary schools were also closed by thre
