JD Vance received backlash after his statement that he "created stories" regarding Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio.

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The town has become the center of a national political fight on immigration, with Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, spreading baseless conspiracy theories that Haitian immigrants in Springfield are eating dogs and other pets.

The GOP challenger is closing the gap on the Democratic incumbent in a state which has trended Republican in recent years.

During an interview on NBC's "Meet The Press," Sen. J.D. Vance argued that it is "really shameful, that no one cared" about what is happening in communities like Springfield, Ohio, until the Trump campaign started talking about migrants "eating pets.

Residents of Springfield, OH are reporting that Haitians are eating their family pets, another gift of the Biden-Harris mass immigration replacement plan. Liberals will soon be lecturing Americans on why they need to be sensitive to Haitian culture and accept this as the new… pic.twitter.com/LTnlaL4N0v

Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno held an event in Springfield Saturday where he blamed the Biden administration for the mass influx of migrants to the town.

Donald Trump wanted to spend this week attacking one of Democratic rival Kamala Harris’ biggest political vulnerabilities. Instead, he spent most of the week falsely claiming that migrants are eating pets in a small town in Ohio and defending his embrace of a far-right agitator whose presence is causing concern among his allies.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine denounced baseless rumors about Haitian immigrants eating pets, but refused to directly blame Donald Trump or JD Vance.