X owner Elon Musk has given ABC News a new name after a video showing that David Muir lied about the city manager of Springfield, Ohio, denying reports of Haitian immigrants eating pets.
Musk’s new name for the network is “Always Be Cheating.”
In the video, Springfield City Manager Bryan Heck addresses the issue of pets being eaten by Haitian migrants at a Springfield City Commission Meeting.
“And one of the things that I heard bothered me very much, but actually had quite a few people contact me here lately is some pretty horrid things occurring with domesticated animals in our neighborhood,” he told the commission.
“We’ve had some stuff in the park that, again, they are being taken advantage of for reasons other than,” he added, addressing one of the commission members, who stated that he had also heard the allegations.
Heck then told members of the commission that he had witnesses tell him they saw such acts but would not release their names to protect their identities.
In the viral video, Muir could be seen telling Donald Trump that Heck denied the allegations of pets in Springfield being eaten.
This was not true.
“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs,” Trump said during the debate.
“The people that came in. They’re eating the cats. They’re eating — they’re eating the pets of the people that live there.”
“I just want to clarify here, you bring up Springfield, Ohio. And ABC News did reach out to the city manager there,” Muir responded.
“He told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community,” Muir added.
Incredibly, Heck gave a statement also denying the allegations, despite standing before the Springfield City Commission and acknowledging that residents had told him Haitians were killing and eating their cats and dogs.
“It is disappointing that some of the narrative surrounding our city has been skewed by misinformation circulating on social media and further amplified by political rhetoric in the current highly charged election cycle,” he said in a statement.
“These rumors will not distract us from the real strain on our resources, including the impact on our schools, health care system, and first responders.”
Heck also claimed that there were no credible reports.
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost also confirmed the allegations are, in fact, true.
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