Al Jazeera Coverage of Trump Campaign’s “Cat Eating” Vilification of Haitians

Haitians in the U.S. are outraged at the Trump presidential campaign’s demonization of them as invading menaces who are eating the pets of the residents of Springfield, Ohio and other towns in the Midwest battleground state.

Haïti Liberté journalist Kim Ives explains the backstory to this scapegoating moment and why it has historically been effective in U.S. politics.