The Springfield, Ohio, resident whose social media post alleging Haitian immigrants were stealing and eating locals pets was amplified by former President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance has expressed deep remorse.
“It just exploded into something I didn’t mean to happen,” Erika Lee told NBC News on Friday evening.
Springfield has been thrust into the national spotlight following a series of memes that were crafted to further an unsubstantiated rumor that Haitian immigrants were eating the pets of residents. Trump and Vance amplified the rumors by publicly voicing the allegations that “people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country.”
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