"This discussion just has to stop," he said while appearing on ABC's 'This Week.' Although DeWine called for an end to the spreading of the false claims, he repeatedly avoided directly criticizing former President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance for their role.
When Martha Raddatz of ABC News asked DeWine if he, as governor, sees evidence of Haitian immigrants eating pets, he replied: 'No. Absolutely not. That's what the mayor said, that's what the chief of police has said, and I think it's unfortunate that this came up.'
DeWine said that the Haitian immigrants in Springfield are legally in the US under Temporary Protected Status, or TPS. 'They came to Springfield to work,' he said, adding that local businesses have praised them as 'very good workers.'
DeWine, however, appears unwilling to let the falsehoods spread. He responded indirectly, 'Look, there's a lot of garbage on the internet.' 'This was a piece of garbage that was simply not true, there's no evidence of this at all.'
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