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Springfield smear keeps blowing up in Trump’s face

Trump’s false debate claim about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, was still ricocheting through the city, with officials dealing with bomb threats, school disruption, and fresh anger at the campaign’s willingness to set off a panic and call it politics.

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Springfield smear keeps blowing up in Trump’s face

Trump’s false debate claim about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, was still ricocheting through the city, with officials dealing with bomb threats, school disruption, and fresh anger at the campaign’s willingness to set off a panic and call it politics.

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Springfield smear keeps blowing up in Trump’s face

Trump’s false debate claim about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, was still ricocheting through the city, with officials dealing with bomb threats, school disruption, and fresh anger at the campaign’s willingness to set off a panic and call it politics.

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