Donald Trump Defends False Claims About Haitian Immigrants Eating Pets, Calls Jan. 6 ‘a Day of Love’ at Univision Town Hall

Former President Donald Trump addressed an audience of undecided Latino voters on Wednesday at a town hall in Miami, where he responded to questions about reproductive rights, climate change, immigration, the cost of living and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

At the town hall, hosted by Univision, Trump defended the baseless claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, eating their neighbors’ pets. He notably repeated the debunked rumor during the presidential debate in September.

“I was just saying what was reported,” Trump explained. “That’s been reported, and eating other things, too, that they’re not supposed to be.” He added that “newspapers” reported on

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