The singer’s birthplace of Springfield, Ohio, has been subject to vicious Republican attacks.
“No one is eating cats,” he says.
John Legendwants to correct the record about his hometown.
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Vanceto stir up hatred against the population of Haitian immigrants.
“Nobody’s eating cats, nobody’s eating dogs.
We all just want to live and flourish and raise our families in a healthy and safe environment.
How about we love one another?”
It’s a familiar American story.
“Our city had been shrinking for decades.
Our demand in Springfield for additional labor met up with the supply of additional Haitian immigrants.”
That’s a stark difference from what were used to in our community.
