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Posted: 2024-09-13T11:30:58Z | Updated: 2024-09-13T11:32:00Z

Rob Rue, the mayor of Springfield, Ohio, rejected racist claims spread by former President Donald Trump this week that migrants were eating residents pets , saying such rhetoric was hurting citizens and hurting the community.

Springfield is still beautiful, and your pets are safe in Springfield, Ohio, Rue told NewsNations Chris Cuomo on Thursday. Safe.

Theres a lot of frenzy on the internet, but this is not what were seeing, he went on. Its a bit frustrating.

The baseless rumor was shared by Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), Trumps running mate, earlier this week, who claimed at the time that residents in Springfield had seen their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldnt be in this country. The statement was quickly debunked by police, but made it onto the debate stage Tuesday.

Mayor Rob Rue of Springfield, Ohio joined me to remind the public that \"your pets are safe\" and that Springfield is trying to \"embrace the situation\" at hand after migrants raised the city's population by nearly a third. This is coming from someone who is actually dealing with pic.twitter.com/fiAABxD1k7

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Mayor Rob Rue of Springfield, Ohio joined me to remind the public that "your pets are safe" and that Springfield is trying to "embrace the situation" at hand after migrants raised the city's population by nearly a third. This is coming from someone who is actually dealing with pic.twitter.com/fiAABxD1k7

Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) September 13, 2024

In Springfield, theyre eating the dogs, Trump said in Philadelphia. The people that came in, theyre eating the cats. Theyre eating the pets of the people that live there. And this is whats happening in our country. And its a shame.

Springfield, a city of about 60,000 people, has seen an influx of Haitian immigrants in recent years, who now account for about 15% of the population.

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Rue said the city has been taken by surprise by the velocity of the rumor, which has cast the region in a negative light. He told CNN the lies are hurting our community on Thursday, the same day the Springfield city hall building was evacuated after reportedly receiving a bomb threat .

Springfield is a community that needs help, the mayor told The Washington Post in an interview. He said, without naming Trump, that national leaders should not hurt a community like, unfortunately, we have seen over the last couple of days.

In his interview with Cuomo, Rue praised Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) saying state leadership had allocated funding to help address those shortfalls.

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Springfield is a community that works collaboratively to get things accomplished, the mayor said. We are community where leaders will come together very quickly in the middle of an afternoon and solve a problem.

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