Could Trump do anything to make you stop supporting him?

Yep. My SIL teaches in the Springfield public schools and lives among many of the immigrant population (in the Fountain Ave. John St. area). My wife's parents (retired), nieces, and several cousins all have lived in Springfield their entire lives.

Great, do they know this mayor or police chief?

FYI, the father of that child is begging for his son's death to not be exploited for politics. They're asking to be left alone.

https://apnews.com/article/haitian-...-springfield-d119b387175434c08597784ba82860ed

So I will respect the family's wishes.

That isn't what I asked.

You talked about befuddled laughter from people who were from Springfield, I did not assume they were laughing at a kid who was killed.

You accuse them of exploiting the issue for politics. That is contempt, that is ignominy.

You posted a video that started with a guy talking about the family who is asking people to leave them alone and not include them in political discussions.

I will respect their wishes.


They were laughing at the fake stories about their pets being eaten and them living in fear.


I did no such thing. I simply noted that the family has specifically asked to be left alone and that I plan to respect that.

You said “their town being the focus of racist propaganda” post 10,455.

That is an ugly, slanderous assertion.

The people I saw interviewed made it very clear that they are concerned about people who are breaking the law, and that has resulted in multiple accidents. One of the people interviewed had been in three accidents from Haitians without a license (he and his wife). So when we dig down as to who is being racists they made a very good point which is if you choose to not prosecute someone because of the color of their skin, that is racist.

You referred to this as “nonsense” post 10,455.

and yet my video quoted the mayor, the police chief and one of the School Bus drivers. None of them mentioned the boy who was killed by name.

However, they did share their own experiences as they have children who go to the same school, children who ride the school bus, etc. No one has the right to tell them they can’t share their own personal experiences and pretending that they somehow violated this other person’s request is absurd.

I asked based on your assertions of racist propaganda and nonsense to respond to what these people said and your response was the father of the boy killed asked that his son not be exploited for political reasons and that you were respecting his wishes by not responding. That is completely bogus.

As I said, I plan to respect the family's wishes.

Are you a politician?

Nope.

The father of an Ohio boy killed last year when a Haitian immigrant hit a school bus is imploring
Donald Trump and other politicians to stop invoking his son’s name in the debate about immigration.

I watched the father's speech and I plan to respect their wishes to leave them alone and not bring them up in political discussions.

Others are free to do as they wish, but I hope and pray that my fellow Christians will just leave this family alone and let them grieve in peace.

The dad asked for politicians to not use his son's death as a talking point in discussions around illegal immigrants.

If you are not a politician, you or anyone else who is not a politician talking about this issue is not disrespecting his wishes.

But since you believe it is disrespecting his wishes despite the fact you are not a politician, why do you keep talking about it?

Watch the father's full speech. If afterwards you want to keep bringing up their family, that's your choice. I will no longer discuss them here at this forum in any way. I pray others reach the same conclusion and allow the family some peace.

My wife is from Springfield, OH (graduated from the old Springfield South HS) and she has lots of family there. We checked in with them this week to ask about all the nonsense, and it was interesting to hear their reactions.

It was a mix of befuddled laughter and joking, and anger at their town being the focus of racist propaganda. The memes they've been sharing with us are really funny, but it's also sad that they have to go through all this.

The recent history of Springfield is important to know too. They'd lost a ton of people over the years, and after the housing crash/recession of 2008 there were empty, boarded up houses everywhere. Recently there was even a labor shortage, with employers practically begging for workers.

Those are some of the reasons the immigrants from Haiti came to Springfield. There were lots of jobs and very cheap houses, plus there was a Haitian-American run charity that could help people as they arrived.

Unfortunately, the recent chaos in Haiti led to a surge of migrants from there, with many of them going to Springfield since there already was a number of Haitians there. But the city was not prepared for the surge, and the federal government has been slow providing resources and assistance.

That's the problem facing Springfield today. It's not Haitians eating pets or any of that crap, it's that the city needs money to help take care of the new migrants who've recently come to their town.

My wife is from Springfield, OH (graduated from the old Springfield South HS) and she has lots of family there. We checked in with them this week to ask about all the nonsense, and it was interesting to hear their reactions.

It was a mix of befuddled laughter and joking, and anger at their town being the focus of racist propaganda. The memes they've been sharing with us are really funny, but it's also sad that they have to go through all this.

The recent history of Springfield is important to know too. They'd lost a ton of people over the years, and after the housing crash/recession of 2008 there were empty, boarded up houses everywhere. Recently there was even a labor shortage, with employers practically begging for workers.

Those are some of the reasons the immigrants from Haiti came to Springfield. There were lots of jobs and very cheap houses, plus there was a Haitian-American run charity that could help people as they arrived.

Unfortunately, the recent chaos in Haiti led to a surge of migrants from there, with many of them going to Springfield since there already was a number of Haitians there. But the city was not prepared for the surge, and the federal government has been slow providing resources and assistance.

That's the problem facing Springfield today. It's not Haitians eating pets or any of that crap, it's that the city needs money to help take care of the new migrants who've recently come to their town.

Unfortunately, the recent chaos in Haiti led to a surge of migrants from there, with many of them going to Springfield since there already was a number of Haitians there. But the city was not prepared for the surge, and the federal government has been slow providing resources and assistance.

That's the problem facing Springfield today. It's not Haitians eating pets or any of that crap, it's that the city needs money to help take care of the new migrants who've recently come to their town.