Springfield Mayor Rejected a Call with J.D. Vance, Emails Show

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Speaking at a rally on Sept. 18, Trump joked about his potential visit.
43% : Despite the fact that most of the Haitian migrants in Springfield are in the country legally, Trump has pledged to start a new administration by rounding them up.
42% : "Trump has repeatedly promised to lead a historic mass-deportation of immigrants out of the U.S. if he is elected to another term.
35% : "Trump and Vance's ongoing demagoguing of the small Midwestern city's Haitian population this month has exacerbated a climate of anger, resentment, and growing terror -- among both the Haitian residents and broader community.
34% : "'Whatever happened to Trump?'
31% : Trump claimed during his Sept. 10 presidential debate that immigrants are "eating the pets of the people that live there."
16% : On Tuesday, a Haitian nonprofit filed criminal charges against Trump and Vance with a municipal court in Clark County, Ohio, for disrupting public services, telecommunications harassment, and aggravated menacing.
6% : For weeks, Vance and Trump have pushed baseless lies about the city's Haitian immigrants, most of whom are in the United States legally.

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