White House calls Trump’s false claims about Haitian migrants eating pets ‘filth’

The White House on Thursday condemned debunked stories being pushed by Donald Trump about Haitian migrants eating pet cats and dogs in Ohio as "filth" and said they were endangering people's lives.

"It is spreading filth that makes the lives of the communities that are being smeared here... it puts their lives in danger," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told a briefing.

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