"Any political leader that takes the national stage and has the national spotlight needs to understand the gravity of the words that they have for cities like ours, and what they say impacts our city. And we've had bomb threats the last two days. We've had personal threats the last two days, and it's increasing, because the national stage is swirling this up. Springfield, Ohio, is caught in a political vortex, and it is a bit out of control. We are a wonderful city—a beautiful town. And for what it's worth, your pets are safe in Springfield, Ohio."
"I'm just probably not going to answer that question. We have a big-hearted community, and we're being smeared in a way we don't deserve."
"Trump pushed the false pet-eating claim during last week's ABC News debate, a moment that yielded a number of online memes. Vance, an Ohio native, has also persistently pushed the claim despite there being no facts to back it up, and even admitted to CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday that he created the story to get people to pay attention to the smear."
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