‘Morning Joe’ Tears Into JD Vance for Boosting Cat-Eating Conspiracy
The crew on MSNBC’s Morning Joe slammed JD Vance on Tuesday for pushing a bizarre claim that illegal immigrants are eating people’s cats in his state.
The bizarre conspiracy spread like wildfire online as MAGA figures pushed the claims, which appear to stem from a post in a Facebook group for Springfield, Ohio, residents that said Haitians in the area were hunting animals including cats and ducks. In an X post Monday, Vance said he’d complained months ago about the impact of “Haitian illegal immigrants” in Springfield and that unspecified “[r]eports now show that people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country. Where is our border czar?”
Police in Springfield quickly debunked the viral rumors, confirming they hadn’t received reports of pets going missing or being eaten, adding that the purported issue is “not something that’s on our radar right now.”