Trump Launches Into Unhinged Conspiracy After Bragging About Rallies
Donald Trump blew a major moment in the presidential debate to push a wild conspiracy theory that migrants are eating pets.

Donald Trump went on an outrageous rant spreading dangerous racist rumors that immigrants have begun eating pets.
During the presidential debate Tuesday night, Trump couldnât quite walk off Kamala Harrisâs comment criticizing his rallies as being chaotic and boring. Moments later, Trump was asked why he killed the bipartisan border bill earlier this year. Instead of actually answering the question, Trump tried desperately to hit back, and took the opportunity to parrot false right-wing rumors that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, had been killing and eating pets.
âPeople donât leave my rallies. We have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics,â Trump said, clearly shaken.
Trump pivoted to a warning about World War III that soon pitched into a recitation of an outlandish and disproven theory.
âLook whatâs happening to the towns,â Trump said. âIn Springfield, theyâre eating the dogs, the people that came in. Theyâre eating the cats. Theyâre eating ⌠theyâre eating the pets of the people who live there. And this is whatâs happening in our country, and itâs a shame.â
When ABC moderator David Muir attempted to fact-check Trump, referring to a statement from Springfield City manager Ryan Heck denying the outrageous rumors. Heck said there were âno credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community.â
âIâve seen people on television!â Trump cried, interrupting Muir. âIâve seen people on television say my dog was taken and used for food! So, maybe thatâs a good thing to say if youâre a city managerââ
Trump continued on, and Muir repeated Heckâs statement. âWeâll see about that,â Trump replied.
âUm, talk about extreme,â Harris responded laughing.
Omg Trump takes the bait and starts rambling about crowd sizes and repeats baseless claims about immigrants eating pets and gets fact checked
â Acyn (@Acyn) September 11, 2024
Kamala Harris immediately capitalizes on it pic.twitter.com/naaXf1GFiq