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How Trump’s pet-eating claim became a meme for right and left alike

On TikTok and across the internet, a claim pushed by Trump and the right about Haitians eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio has morphed from a potentially vicious anti-immigrant trope into fodder for memes from both left and right. Whether you see them as effective in demonizing immigrants, or emblematic of right-wing racism run absurdly amok is a Rohrshach for our polarized online age.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/13/eating-cats-springfield-ohio-meme-x-tiktok-campaign/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

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