Republicans have started spreading a shockingly racist conspiracy theory against Haitian immigrants in Ohio — falsely accusing them of kidnapping pets and eating them. This includes Donald Trump, who brought it up during the debate against Kamala Harris on Tuesday.
Since then, the former president has changed up which animals he says are being abducted, prompting Bill Maher to joke during Friday’s “Real Time” monologue that this is “like Noah’s Ark, if Noah was a fat a–hole.”
For some background, Springfield, Ohio is home to a growing community of immigrants from Haiti who are here in the United States legally. Late in 2023, an 11-year-old boy was tragically killed when a Haitian immigrant driving in the wrong lane collided with a school bus. That man has since received a 9- to 13-year prison sentence.
White supremacists have used this tragedy to stoke racist resentment against the Haitian community, culminating in this conspiracy theory. In response, the boy’s parents have spoken out in defense of Haitians and demanded people stop using their son to stoke hatred.
Unfortunately, their platform is smaller than the lie’s biggest proponents, which include Trump’s running mate JD Vance and even the Republican Attorney General of Ohio, along with Trump himself. As such, the town’s problems have only worsened, and on Friday, local schools were forced to close for the second day in a row after bomb threats were made against them.
(It should also be noted that Vance is a U.S. senator from Ohio, meaning that like the state’s attorney general, he is promoting a hate campaign that is directly contributing to a climate that is bringing terroristic threats down upon his constituents.)
Back to Maher, who explained this sad situation, adding, “How can you top this today? Trump is walking it back. He said, ‘No, I’m sorry, not that, not the cats and the dog, it’s the ducks and the geese. They’re going to the ponds. They’re going to the ponds, and they’re taking the geese to eat them.’ And this is what Trump supporters are doing now, trying to prove that the distinct book, this insanity that he’s basing the campaign on, is true. They’re literally on a wild goose chase.”
“As the list of animals, it’s growing and growing like Noah’s Ark, if Noah was a fat a–hole,” Maher continued.
“And where is he getting this from? Well, he’s got a new bulls–t whisperer named Laura Loomer. Of course, that’s her name. Laura Loomer, there she is. He’s with her everywhere,” Maher added. “Now for MAGA people, she’s for people who find Marjorie Taylor Greene too intellectual.”
“She believes in a birtherism. She’s a 9/11 truther. ‘Crisis actor,’ ‘Pizzagate,’ ‘rigged elections.’ You’ve heard of Florida Man? She’s Florida Woman,” Maher went on.
“Now, there’s a big fight within the Republican Party. I love this because, yes, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the voice of sanity,” Maher said with disbelief, “has come out against Laura Loomer. Says she’s too far right. She’s a racist. Now Loomer has accused Marjorie Taylor Greene, she says Marjorie Taylor Greene is an antisemite, and she cheats on her husband, and she said — I can’t believe I have to report this — she said [Greene’s] lady parts resemble an Arby’s sandwich, which is so offensive, to Arby’s.
“Then Lindsay Graham, the other ‘Real Housewives’ guest member, got involved, and he’s attacking Laura Loomer, [saying] she’s toxic. And she posted back, ‘we know you’re gay, Lindsay.’ Let’s see David Muir fact -heck that,” Maher joked.
You can read more about this absurd drama here, and watch the monologue below:
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