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The gang at Tim Walz’s rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Thursday trolled Donald Trump over his false claims that Haitian immigrants are consuming pets, breaking out into chants of: “We don’t eat cats!”
The Democratic vice presidential nominee mirrored on Tuesday’s presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Trump, teasing the previous president together with his now-classic buzzword for the Republican ticket: “bizarre.”
“He stated lots of bizarre stuff too, so I’m simply going to say that,” the Minnesota governor advised the group.
“You inform me that you simply had this in your bingo card: ‘And so they’re consuming cats’.”
A refrain of “we don’t eat cats” erupted from the group, as Walz jubilantly appeared on from his podium.
“Ah, Michigan, we love you,” he stated.
The governor was referencing Trump’s wild conspiracy idea that Haitian immigrants are consuming pets in Springfield, Ohio.
The baseless declare, which was debunked by native authorities, got here from a Fb group submit from a lady who had heard the story fourth-hand.
“They’re consuming the canines. They’re consuming the cats. They’re consuming the pets of the folks that stay there,” Trump stated through the presidential debate, leaving Harris aghast.
“Excessive,” she responded.
Sticking with the feline theme at Thursday night time’s rally, Walz additionally expressed gratitude to the cat-loving world pop star Taylor Swift who introduced her endorsement of the Harris-Walz ticket moments after the talk concluded.
“Due to my fellow cat proprietor, Taylor Swift,” he stated to a sea of rallygoers.
“Vice President Harris and I couldn’t be extra grateful to have her help. And look, it’s not as if I didn’t warn these guys a number of months in the past, you mess with cat folks and you will see out.”
On Tuesday night time, Swift, who carries huge sway with Gen Z and Millennial voters, introduced: “I will probably be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz within the 2024 Presidential Election.”
She signed off the submit “Taylor Swift. Childless Cat Girl” and shared a photograph of her holding her pet cat in a transparent jab at Ohio Senator JD Vance’s resurfaced 2021 feedback have been he used the slur in opposition to feminine Democrats.
