Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The accusation was shocking, but, in at least one way, it was like any other post on any other neighborhood Facebook page. Someone heard a rumor and decided to share it.

But speaking to reporters in front of Springfield, Ohio’s city hall, then later at both a town hall and in an interview with POLITICO, Ramaswamy repeatedly sidestepped questions about Donald Trump’s baseless claims that Haitian migrants were abducting and eating pets and wild animals here.

It would be an extreme strain on our resources,” Mayor Rob Rue, a Republican, said on Tuesday, speaking with members of the media at City Hall, reports NBC News. “So it’d be fine with me if they decided not to make that visit.

Donald Trump said Wednesday during a rally that he plans to visit Springfield, Ohio. But the town's Republican mayor has concerns about the idea.

The city's mayor has asked Trump and other candidates to stay away as the city's resources remain stretched due to bomb threats.

Donald Trump said he plans to visit two towns that have become flashpoints in the national debate over immigration and the center of unfounded conspiracy theories the former president has promoted about migrants.

What is your message to JD Vance and former President Trump? You support them as the Republican ticket. What is your advice to them about what to do with these allegations, about eating pets in Springfield that they keep repeating?