By Mike Huckabee
September 25, 2024
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We’re still sorting out exactly what has been happening in the town of Springfield, Ohio, where an estimated 20,000 Haitians (reports vary widely) have relocated in the past three years. In the meantime, we see that many news outlets need to learn the difference between “evidence” and “proof.”
There is so far not conclusive PROOF that Haitians have been absconding with pets and geese to kill in voodoo rituals. But when reporters say there is no EVIDENCE, they are wrong. The letters that Trump running mate J. D. Vance has received about this are evidence. Eyewitness reports are evidence. Even the diminishing number of geese in the parks, if there’s no other explanation, is evidence.
The national publicity for Springfield apparently started with one woman’s since-deleted Facebook post (for a private group) that described the experience of her daughter’s friend, whose cat had disappeared. It graphically described the fate of the cat. But there was dispute later about the details, so much so that this story alone is not very good evidence. Still, it sure got attention.
The woman who posted this never expected it to go beyond the group, but someone took a screenshot and posted it to X. Also, as reported by THE EPOCH TIMES, J. D. Vance said his office had been “inundated” with such claims, so he posted about it on X as well.
As you know from the aftermath of the Trump-Harris debate, the Springfield city manager (the ET story says it was the “strategic engagement manager,” who is a different person) said there had been “no credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community.”
But a police report obtained by Judicial Watch shows that at least one resident called to report her neighbors for allegedly “stealing and chopping up her cat.” And a police phone call relates an account of immigrants capturing geese and cutting off their heads. Ohio Attorney General David Yost took these reports seriously.
“These people would be competent witnesses in court,” he posted on X. “Why does the media find a carefully worded City Hall press release better evidence?”
The woman who had posted the original story has apologized, saying that she not seen the gory cat incident firsthand and had been told the story by her friend, the cat owner’s mother (who says she didn’t tell it that way). Of course, anyone who tells a similar story, whether it’s true or not, risks being ostracized as a racist, losing a job, etc.
But there’s a compelling story from a group of utility workers employed by the City of Springfield to replace water meters. They told an advocate for city residents, retired automotive engineer Mark Sanders, that in several houses being occupied by Haitian immigrants, there were “dead geese, ducks and cats hanging from pipes.” Sanders promised to keep them anonymous so they wouldn’t risk their jobs.
Another resident, speaking at a city council meeting, said, “I don’t understand why the post about our conversation created so many threatening responses. What I said is something that had been talked about for months.”
So...for people who don’t know what the word “evidence” means, the story from the utility workers is just one that certainly qualifies. The disappearing geese are evidence. And would you like to hear from a man who grew up in Haiti about the customs in PART of the Haitian culture, the minority that’s into voodoo and demonic worship, that is consistent with this happening in Springfield? This man, who is a Christian, also has a pretty good understanding of where Trump is coming from. As for the eating of dogs and cats, he admits, “Donald Trump wasn’t lying.” Though “most Haitians have nothing to do with voodoo,” he says, it makes absolute sense to him that cats and dogs are going missing because of the practice of animal sacrifice among some of them. Even so, he wishes that Trump, a man he admires and respects, hadn’t SAID it without proof. “It’s best not to even go there...He’s wrong for saying it, but he’s not wrong.”
One could certainly debate him on that point, as Trump’s willingness to “go there” brought a lot more attention to the problem of mass immigration, and we need that. The video is a must-see...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Here’s the full EPOCH TIMES story…
Meanwhile, a Haitian nonprofit, the San Diego-based Haitian Bridges Foundation, wants J. D. Vance and President Trump criminally charged (!) for the claims they’ve made about Springfield.
An attorney would have to explain to us why this would be a criminal case instead of a civil suit, but the COLUMBUS DISPATCH lays out the charges and explains that “under Ohio law, private citizens can file an affidavit with a prosecutor or judge for them to review.” So that’s what they’ve done, but it’s ridiculous on its face. As Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said, “It won’t survive a cursory probable cause analysis, let alone scrutiny under the First Amendment.”
Oh, and here’s a shocker: The group calling for frivolous criminal charges against Trump is funded by George Soros’ laughably-named “Open Society Foundation.” Hope I don’t get arrested for telling you that.
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