# The stupid rumors about Springfield Haitians **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 13, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-rumors-about-springfield-haitians/1007210 "2024-09-13T04:48:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 249
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-rumors-about-springfield-haitians/1007210/249 "2024-09-19T20:27:43Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Vance sez it’s not his job to make sure the things he says are true. As I just posted in the How Has Trump Pissed You Off thread, he and Vance had been assured the rumors were false before trump even claimed it at the debates. > [@How has the disgraced, CONVICTED FELON, former President Trump pissed you off today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/942178/8448): > > Per Heather Richardson Cox, regarding the "eating cats and dogs in Springfield: That story has gotten even darker as it turns out Vance and Trump received definitive assurances on September 9 that the rumor was false, but Trump ran with it in the presidential debate of September 10 anyway. > **[Vance spread Springfield rumors even after his staff was told they were...](https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/09/19/vance-spread-springfield-rumors-even-after-his-staff-was-told-they-were-false-news-report-says/)** > > More than a week ago, Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance's staff was told by Springfield officials that a racially charged rumor Vance had been amplifying was false, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-rumors-about-springfield-haitians/1007210)._