Springfield cancels annual culture festival amid bomb threats, migrant allegations

JACK ALYMER: SPRINGFIELD, OHIO IS NOW CANCELING ITS ANNUAL CULTURE FESTIVAL.

THE MOVE IS JUST THE LATEST DONE OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AS THE CITY FINDS ITSELF THE SUBJECT OF UNCONFIRMED CLAIMS AND BOMB THREATS.

BOTH FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS RUNNING MATE – OHIO SENATOR JD VANCE – HAVE PUSHED A NARRATIVE THAT HAITIAN MIGRANTS ARE EATING LOCAL PETS.

REFERRING TO TESTIMONIALS THEY’VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS.

JD VANCE:
“My constituents have brought approximately a dozen separate concerns to me. 10 of them are verifiable and confirmable, and a couple of them I talk about because my constituents are telling me firsthand that they’re seeing these things.”

JACK ALYMER:
SPRINGFIELD CITY OFFICIALS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE DENIED THESE INCIDENTS INVOLVING IMMIGRANTS ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

BUT THE CLAIMS FROM TRUMP HAVE AMPLIFIED A POLITICALLY POLARIZED ATMOSPHERE IN THE CITY, WHICH AS SEEN AN INFLUX OF AN ESTIMATED 20-THOUSAND HAITIAN MIGRANTS SINCE 20-20.

IN THE DAYS SINCE TRUMP ELEVATED THE ISSUE DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE – THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF BOMB THREATS MADE AGAINST VARIOUS GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND ON MONDAY – TWO MORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WERE EVACUATED AFTER RECEIVING ADDITIONAL BOMB THREATS.

A PAIR OF COLLEGES IN THE AREA ALSO CLOSED DUE TO SIMILAR THREATS OF VIOLENCE.

TRUMP IS REPORTEDLY PLANNING TO TRAVEL TO THE CITY AS THIS CONTROVERSY CONTINUES-
WITH HIS CAMPAIGN TEAM SAID TO BE ENGAGED IN ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS TO MAKE THE VISIT HAPPEN SOON.

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