Donald Trump Rant About Immigrants ‘Eating the Pets’ Didn’t Do Much for Related Meme Coins
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The anti-immigrant dog and cat eating false claims Donald Trump referenced during last night’s presidential debate has been circulating in the trenches of Pump.fun for a couple of days. Despite this, meme coins referencing the disproven claim flopped during the debate. Interestingly, most of them saw their peak hours before the Republican nominee brought it up. “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs—the people that came in—they’re eating the cats,” Trump said during a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. “They’re eating the pets of the people that live there, and this is what’s happening in our county.” This comes from a racist and unfounded narrative that immigrants from Haiti have been abducting and eating pet cats, dogs, geese, and ducks in Springfield, Ohio. A city official said that they were not able to verify reports of Haitians cooking wildlife in local parks and that a viral video of a woman who allegedly killed and ate a cat was in fact not an immigrant at all. Bryan Heck, Springfield city manager, has personally shot down the claims—only to have them amplified by Trump and vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH). And when there’s buzzy electoral schadenfreude, meme coins tend to follow. Months ago, I raised the issue of Haitian illegal immigrants draining social services and generally causing chaos all over Springfield, Ohio. Reports now show that people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country. Where is our border czar? pic.twitter.com/rf0EDIeI5i — JD Vance (@JDVance) September 9, 2024 The first token, Only Haitians in Ohio (OHIO), was created on September 9 on Pump.fun and has been attempting to spread the false claim. Despite the anti-immigrant rhetoric rampant in the token’s Telegram chat, the token failed to make significant headway. It survived for almost…
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