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The Claim:

Screenshot of End Wokeness tweet (there are many more) https://x.com/atrupar/status/1833162831379743055

Clip of Trump making claim: https://x.com/Scottcrates/status/1833716345181220867

Ted Cruz joking about claim: https://x.com/tedcruz/status/1833174142591365185

Source of geese eating claim: https://x.com/realaraamerican/status/1834601026965626997

Barbecued cat: https://x.com/realchrisrufo/status/1834926318883852543

FB post origin: https://www.wlwt.com/article/post-at-origin-of-lie-about-haitian-migrants-eating-pets/62201811

Neonazi claim: https://youtu.be/VL4JXoFcJQI?t=5035

JD Vance doubles down: https://www.axios.com/2024/09/15/vance-haitians-eating-cats-debunked-claims

Woman who did eat cat, but wasn't a migrant and wasn't in Springfield: https://nypost.com/2024/09/12/us-news/video-alleges-shows-ohio-woman-killing-and-eating-a-cat-but-shes-not-a-migrant-in-springfield/


Debunk:

JD Vance admits its made up: https://x.com/JJintheUS/status/1835740813411709015

Woman who made FB post feels bad about it, and isn't actually aware of an actual person who did or saw it: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-just-exploded-springfield-woman-says-never-meant-spark-rumors-haitian-rcna171099

Goose debunk: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/baseless-claim-haiti-immigrants-cats-springfield-ohio/

Goose debunk reason: https://nypost.com/2024/09/14/us-news/why-ohio-man-in-viral-photo-was-holding-two-geese/

Grilled cat debunk: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-cats-grill-chicken-ohio-b2612999.html


Father speaks about child who died in car accident caused by Haitian: https://www.whio.com/news/local/eliminate-chatter-family-boy-killed-bus-crash-want-hate-removed-council-meetings/3KDB6TYU35E37GDJ2KWLKYOOHE/

https://fox59.com/news/national-world/his-son-died-in-a-crash-with-a-haitian-immigrant-he-says-trump-vance-are-using-it-for-political-gain/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT04yuzF1yk


Debunks:

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/no-evidence-haitian-immigrants-stealing-eating-pets-ohio-2024-09-10/

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/us/haitian-migrants-springfield-ohio.html


Haitians own dogs and cats:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22742200/

https://youthjournalism.org/in-haiti-dogs-and-cats-are-pets-not-lunch/


Neonazis:

Also spread by nazis https://www.npr.org/2024/09/10/nx-s1-5107320/jd-vance-springfield-ohio-haitians-pets

https://youtu.be/VL4JXoFcJQI?t=5035

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/14/neo-nazis-springfield-ohio-haitian-immigrants (Nate Higgers)


Historical trope:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/14/racist-history-trump-pet-eating-immigrant


Other creators debunking this:

https://youtu.be/g--LwyoARDk?si=Xb9GZgqSEbDCHhC5

https://youtu.be/YYtNxVBygDs?si=1d17sTdUu_CJmITY

https://youtu.be/31oBp1QwbYg?si=aC1ERgAPpA-6U8ZR

https://www.tmz.com/2024/09/13/ohio-wildlife-officials-give-context-man-geese-picture/

https://youtu.be/akDgvXYqViw?si=NwNPmwnj7Pb65Zb3

https://youtu.be/ADVjaLqYYdU?si=lkr29wxPB9D3nPSb



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