Harris slams "hateful rhetoric" from Trump about Haitian migrants

Vice President Kamala Harris slammed the "hateful rhetoric" and "nonsense" from erstwhile President Donald Trump astir his debunked assertion that Haitian immigrants successful Springfield, Ohio, are eating people's favored cats and dogs. 

Harris, who made the comments to a National Association of Black Journalists sheet successful Philadelphia, Tuesday, said of Trump, "You cannot beryllium entrusted with lasting down the seal of the president of the United States of America, engaging successful that hateful rhetoric that, arsenic usual, is designed to disagreement america arsenic a country."

Trump accused Haitians of eating Springfield citizens' pets successful the statesmanlike statement past week, and as viral, mendacious claims on the taxable continued to circulate, the metropolis of Springfield has had to measurement up its security. 

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine sent 3 twelve state troopers to supply much information arsenic a effect of what helium said were "a bid of unfounded weaponry threats." Two simple schools were evacuated and 2 section colleges moved their classes online arsenic a effect of the threats, and a festival astatine the extremity of the period has been canceled arsenic a information precaution. DeWine, a Republican, said galore of the threats "are coming successful from overseas" from radical who privation to substance discord. Most of the Haitian immigrants successful the U.S. are present legally under U.S. programs, adjacent arsenic Trump says helium would deport them "back to Venezuela." 

Harris said her bosom broke for the assemblage successful Springfield, calling it a "crying shame" that simple schoolhouse children, "dressed up successful their best" for schoolhouse representation day, were forced to evacuate due to the fact that of the threats.

"This is exhausting, and it's harmful and it's hateful ... and grounded successful immoderate age-old worldly that we should not person the tolerance for," Harris said. "So, let's crook the leafage and illustration a caller mode guardant and say, 'you can't person that microphone again.'" She said that she did person a little speech with Trump aft the second evident assassination attempt against him astatine his Florida play nine implicit the weekend. 

"I checked successful to spot if helium was OK," Harris said. "And I told him what I person said publicly: determination is nary spot for governmental unit successful our country."

Nikole Killion contributed to this report.

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