The flames around Springfield Ohio, that has everything to do with this campaign. A city is now thrust into the political spotlight after unsubstantiated rumors. False allegations have been spread online about Haitian immigrants who are here illegally and claims that they are eating pets in that city. We’re learning about new bomb threats today, one on Friday the Air Force told the mayor of Springfield to evacuate elementary schools saying we need help not hate. This is a reference to the unproven allegations that are now being pushed by Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance in his race for the White House. Joining me now, immigration reporter Armando, who lives in Springfield. Ohio or money will start first with what else can you tell us about these new threats today. We saw a bomb threat yesterday and Mayor Rob Room is now reaching out to people there. Yes we will fill up, this is the third day in a row that there have been bomb threats of facilities targeted around the city. Today it was three medical facilities at an unspecified location, all of those buildings were filled up quickly yesterday morning they were cleared. Reopened, I spoke to the mayor Rob Room, he appealed to those who are promoting these baseless rumors about Haitians and their community.
Stop looking at it, he said we need help right now not hate. You’re in the Rust Belt, which is very important to this election, how people are reacting to all of this. Especially the Haitian immigrants who live there, Phil, I quickly realized as I was driving here, this is a very small city, it’s a city of about sixty thousand people, but in the last few years about fifteen thousand immigrants have settled here. In just a few years every person I talked to today said yes, this is such a city. which is struggling with the stress and pressure of a rapidly growing population, but it’s a friendly city a welcoming city, although I also spoke to some Haitian immigrants, they said they are very afraid to leave their home or share it with you. I also spoke to a Haitian gentleman who said as soon as he got here. He said walking up to meet me to meet me, somebody rolled down the window.
Stuck there and Trump sealed it. There’s been a rumored draft, there’s speculation that things could get worse. You know people are scared as we weigh war, I would imagine some parents for this period of time are trying to keep the kids home, to see how things will go, which was a couple of weeks or see things that I came down or things that are escalating. That’s the situation they’re dealing with today, I also spoke to police officers and they said race flyers I’m creeping up in parks all over the city. So that’s also something they’re looking into.