Reports of the Ku Klux Klan distributing flyers spreading anti-Haitian sentiments in Springfield, Ohio, are sparking outrage online.
On Saturday, Noah Lanard, a reporter with the magazine Mother Jones, shared the terrifying flyer that the hate organization is currently handing out. Springfield has currently been the subject of bomb threats and panic thanks to unsubstantiated rumors regarding Haitian migrants stealing and eating resident’s pets. Donald Trump and his running mate, J.D. Vance, have helped fuel such harmful rhetoric. Now, it appears that things are escalating.
What’s now being distributed in Springfield, according to a local pastor pic.twitter.com/bcGPJ28Yrf
— Noah Lanard (@nlanard) September 14, 2024
“Foreigners & Haitians Out. There is no place in America for this filth! We don’t need more police. We need mass deportation. 1/4 of Springfield is already in poverty. Now 2 million dollars is being used to care for these beast of the fields,” the memo read. “Join us and stand against forced immigration.”
Elsewhere on the note, the organization claimed that “3rd world countries bring 3rd world diseases” and urged people wanting to join the KKK to reach out to their Kentucky office. It’s unclear if police are involved following the flyers’ being distributed. However, social media users are calling for action while slamming Trump and Vance for their role in pushing such a harmful agenda.
Soooo…
The Proud Boys are marching in Springfield Ohio and the KKK is passing around racist flyers.
Bravo, MAGA.
🙄
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) September 14, 2024
Utterly repulsive that @GovMikeDeWine hasn’t spoken out against the racist attacks against the Springfield community, Nazis marching to intimidate Haitians, or the KKK recruiters canvassing Ohio neighborhoods. WTF Mike? Do you have a set? If so, use them or get out of the way. pic.twitter.com/n2Am6A3XTw
— Sgt Joker (@TheSGTJoker) September 15, 2024
The KKK is activated in Springfield and y’all making jokes. Joe Biden needs to call in the National Guard and protect them from these so called Americans citizens.
— Miss Trinidad’s Real Smooth Baby Thigh (@tamaracharese) September 15, 2024
A KLANLINE?!?!!?!!!
WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE. THE KKK SHOULD NOT FEEL THIS EMPOWERED TO BE PUTTING OUT FLYERS.
THIS IS FKN RIDICULOUS!! https://t.co/AKCxIfRD9u
— MOS 🇬🇾 (@mos_brethren) September 15, 2024
Just got notified I’m on limited viewing because I called Trump a disgusting pig for putting lives of Haitians in Springfield in danger. Proud Boys are now marching in the streets there, bomb threats are present. Someone’s going to get killed because of Trump. So fuck you Elon!
— NancyW☮️ (@nan537) September 15, 2024
The racist lie that JD Vance & Donald Trump are spreading about Springfield,Ohio is endangering people’s lives & it has brought out the KKK and white supremacist Proud Boys to scare & threaten people.Americans have to vote against Donald Trump,JD Vance & Republicans in November. https://t.co/RAPSlpT3Mo
— another American opinion (@anotheropinion0) September 15, 2024
