Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine revealed on Monday that there were 33 bomb threats directed at Springfield, but each one of them turned out to be a hoax with some of the threats coming from “overseas.”
Springfield has been cast under a national spotlight after former President Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance highlighted complaints from some residents about the 20,000 Haitian migrants who have come to the city in recent years. Trump has also suggested that Haitian immigrants are eating Springfield residents’ pets after unconfirmed reports of pets disappearing and being eaten spread on social media.
The legacy media has covered the Springfield controversy extensively over the past week with some outlets suggesting that Trump and Vance’s “rhetoric” led to the bomb threats. Springfield City Hall was evacuated last Thursday due to a bomb threat and two schools were evacuated on Friday after more threats. Two hospitals were then locked down on Saturday and two more schools were evacuated on Monday after bomb threats, Fox 28 reported.
“[There were] at least 33 separate bomb threats, each one of which has been responded to, and each one has been found as a hoax,” DeWine said. “33 threats, 33 hoax[es]. I want to make that very, very clear. None of these had any validity at all.”
“We have people, unfortunately, overseas who are taking these actions,” the governor added. “Some of them are coming from one particular country. We think that this is one more opportunity to mess with the United States, and they’re continuing to do that. So we cannot let the bad guys win. Our schools must remain open.”
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says there were 33 bomb threats against Springfield schools that all turned out to be hoaxes and originated from “overseas.”
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Last week, DeWine sent additional law enforcement and millions of dollars to Springfield after residents complained about the influx of Haitian migrants.
“I want the people of Springfield and Clark County to know that as we move forward, we will continue to do everything we can to help the community deal with this surge of migrants,” DeWine said. “The federal government has not demonstrated that they have any kind of plan to deal with the issue. We will not walk away.”
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Vance, the junior senator from Ohio, has been especially outspoken about the Haitian migrant influx affecting Springfield. Vance appeared on CNN on Sunday and was pressed by Dana Bash to explain his comments on the situation. During the interview, Bash said that Vance’s comments “on the cats and dogs thing” are “wrong and actually causing the hospitals, the schools, the government buildings to be evacuated because of bomb threats.”
“Dana, first of all, let me just respond to a couple of things that you said, but I wanna start with something you said, which I think is frankly disgusting and is more appropriate for a Democratic propagandist than it is for an American journalist,” Vance shot back. “There is nothing that I have said that has led to threats against these hospitals. These hospitals, the bomb threats, and so forth, it’s disgusting. The violence is disgusting. We condemn it. We condemn all violence.”
“What we have said is that this town has suffered terribly … under the policies of Kamala Harris. Now, you just [accused] me of inciting violence against the community when all that I’ve done is surface the complaints of my constituents, people who are suffering because of Kamala Harris’ policies,” Vance added.
