Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) during Tuesday night's vice presidential debate said he was “surprised” that Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) decided to “create stories” about Haitian immigrants eating people’s pets in Springfield, Ohio, to make a point on immigration.

In doing so, the Democratic vice presidential nominee said Vance “vilified a large number of people who were legally here.”

“The Republican governor said it's not true,” Walz said. “Don't do it. There are consequences for this. There are consequences … and the consequences in Springfield were the governor had to send state law enforcement to escort kindergartners to school.”

During the presidential debate in September, former President Trump repeated a falsehood that Haitian immigrants were eating people’s pets in........

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