Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said Tuesday that unsubstantiated comments from former President Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), about Haitian migrants eating household pets are “not helpful” and “very hurtful” to the people of Springfield.

South Florida leaders are among the officials gathering Thursday to condemn claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in an Ohio town.

Ohio stationed state police at Springfield schools Tuesday in response to a rash of bomb threats — the vast majority that officials said came from overseas —- after former President Donald Trump and his running mate,