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magicarpet

(17,898 posts)
16. This is appearing to be a Cover Your Ass,...
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 07:34 PM
Sep 2024

. .. article to take the heat off trDUMP & JD Vance. To divert attention away from the Haitians eating pets allegations by Team trDUMP and Right-wing media.

That issue sort of blew up in their faces and the deeper you look into this Haitians eat pets story the more ludicrous it becomes. It seems the Right-wing would rather make scrambled eggs out of the issue - to make it impossible to sort out.

In steps Ohio Attorney General David Yost - a ReThug right-winger who is also running for Governor to replace DeWine. Yost has stuck his nose into this issue in the hopes to defend trDUMP & JD Vance - CYA style. Enhance and butress his run for governor. And finally dump on Biden because federal money was not sent to Ohio to defray the cost of supporting this influx of Haitian refugees. Meaning the Biden/Harris admin was incompetently handling the immigrant crisis,... and trDUMP/Vance could have done a so much better job. (Vote Team trDUMP/Vance 2024)

AttyGen/Goveror elect - David Yost is putting a right-wing spin on this Haitian fiasco to dump on and put the spotlight on Haitians and Biden/Harris while covering the ass of trDUMP/Vance.

Yost may have even had a hand in the release of the Jewish Journal article about the human trafficking of Haitians to Ohio. Again as a diversion to deflect attention off of the Haitians eat your pets fiasco.

Here Yosts AttyGen office and Yosts campaign for governor press sec make statements to a local Ohio newspaper saying citizens have made formal complaints to the police about Haitians stealing pets. And another testified in a city council meeting that a Haitian was seen with two geese that he took from a pond on a city park.

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Ohio Capitol Journal
September 13, 2024

But last week, Yost’s campaign claimed that undocumented immigrants were “terrorizing” Ohio communities. As evidence, it pointed to a Fox News article about the situation in Springfield that made no such claim.

Nevertheless, on Wednesday, Yost continued to perpetuate assertions about Haitians in Springfield.

“There’s a recorded police call from a witness who saw immigrants capturing geese for food in Springfield,” Yost said in his X post. “Citizens testified to City Council. These people would be competent witnesses in court. Why does the media find a carefully worded City Hall press release better evidence?”

In other words, Yost, a former journalist, was criticizing the media for not assigning the same credibility to any claim made in a police call or council meeting as they would to the public declarations of the Springfield mayor, city manager, police chief, and the Ohio governor.

Yost campaign spokeswoman Amy Natoce was asked how the attorney general could justify this logic, and whether he was concerned that his post would further whip up racial resentments and place a target on a minority community in the United States.

She replied that Yost was using official resources to answer those questions.

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There was a Black guy walking down the street with two dead fully feathered Canadian geese. But those geese did not come from a city park. They were road kill from a car accident who ran over the geese. And the man took them home rather than waste good poultry meat. Oh,.. and the gentleman was not Haitian but a Black African/American US citizen.

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A Facebook story about a Haitian stealing a neighbors cat to have for dinner. This story was blown way out of proportion and the lady eventually apologized. The missing cat was found two day later - it was inadvertently locked in the basement of the owner's house.

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Fascist groups have come to Ohio to further exploit the Haitian situation and ferment hate.

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The origin of these stories about the Haitians which 'reporters' claim we have mainstreamed come from the citizens of Springfield themselves," the gang said in an email to Military.com on Monday.

The woman who spread initial claims of pet-eating on Facebook told NBC News that she had no firsthand knowledge of such accounts and regretted sharing the narrative. A Springfield city website also noted that a local game warden with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources says there is no evidence to support claims that immigrants were killing geese in the city's parks for food.

Still, Blood Tribe doubled down and said, "We have every intention of continuing to uncover the financial corruption behind the Haitian invasion there, making sure they are all repatriated, and ensuring those who are responsible are held accountable for their actions against the citizens of Ohio."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/09/17/neo-nazi-group-led-2-ex-marines-pushed-and-cheered-haitian-pet-eating-claims-gripping-ohio-city.html?amp=







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not before that article about Springfield PedroXimenez Sep 2024 #1
I've read articles from the for years, usually when I'm at the hospital. I guess I haven't seen a serious bias LauraInLA Sep 2024 #6
didn't they used to publish Dennis Prager? PedroXimenez Sep 2024 #9
Did they really?! I had no idea. I'm so embarrassed now ;(. LauraInLA Sep 2024 #11
I think you're right -- I didn't look at the reporter's background. I just found the story interesting and LauraInLA Sep 2024 #10
Don't be embarrassed, just live & learn. There are a LOT of conspiracy theories and intentional propaganda hlthe2b Sep 2024 #14
Looks like Center-Right TwilightZone Sep 2024 #2
Couldnt they be both? getagrip_already Sep 2024 #3
It's the largest U.S. weekly Jewish magazine. I guess I suffer from bias, because it's all over Los Angeles. LauraInLA Sep 2024 #7
Right of Center-- with a tendency to publish some questionable commentary/opinion pieces as "fact" hlthe2b Sep 2024 #4
I guess I didn't see that, given that the article was about a Republican businessman taking advantage of immigrants. LauraInLA Sep 2024 #8
Several of the rest of us--knowing the Haitians were there legally and had no history of trafficking hlthe2b Sep 2024 #12
I get it. I'm really sorry. I'm so embarrassed. LauraInLA Sep 2024 #13
I posted similar upstream, but don't be embarrassed. We all have to learn and sometimes mistakes happen. hlthe2b Sep 2024 #15
The Jewish Journal,.... magicarpet Sep 2024 #5
This is appearing to be a Cover Your Ass,... magicarpet Sep 2024 #16
It depends ... mntleo2 Sep 2024 #17
I really appreciated your post. Thank you for your kind and thoughtful response. LauraInLA Sep 2024 #18
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