Vance pushing rumors about Springfield after first poster walked back comments
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Erika Lee, the woman behind the viral Facebook post that stoked rumors about Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio, tried to walk back her comments.
The original post went live as a result of a twisted game of telephone. Lee’s post included a claim about a missing cat that she said she heard about from a friend, who heard about the missing pet from someone else.
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