Springfield, OH Shaken By National Attention Over Immigration

As life in Springfield, Ohio was disrupted by national and global attention, vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance was widely criticized for repeating unproven claims about Haitian migrants eating pets.

The Details: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) announced Monday that Springfield schools would be swept twice daily after receiving "at least 33" bomb threats, all of which turned out to be "hoaxes" from "overseas," and many "from a particular country."

Key Quotes: 

• Asked by CNN (Lean Left bias) why he promoted pet-eating claims, Sen. Vance (R-OH) said “The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes. If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do."
• "All these federal politicians that have negatively spun our city, they need to know they're hurting our city, and it was their words that did it," Springfield's Republican mayor Rob Rue told WSYX ABC 6 (Not Rated).

How the Media Covered It: Breitbart (Right bias) and Daily Wire (Right) led with DeWine calling the bomb threats "hoaxes" from "overseas." In contrast, Reason (Lean Right) and Washington Examiner (Lean Right) centered on Vance's debunked statements. Axios (Lean Left) reported on a canceled festival, and NBC on a "confrontation" at a Haitian community center.