Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) admitted Monday that the 33 bomb threats made to schools and municipal offices in Springfield all turned out to be hoaxes perpetuated from “overseas.”
Another corporate media narrative completely decimated.
“At least 33 separate bomb threats. Each one of which has been responded to and each one of whom has been found as a hoax,” DeWine told reporters. “So 33 threats, 33 hoaxes. None of these had any validity at all.”
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says there were 33 bomb threats against Springfield schools that all turned out to be hoaxes and originated from "overseas."
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 16, 2024
Where do President Trump and JD Vance go to get their apology from the media who claimed they incited them? pic.twitter.com/NKyhUJZwrz
DeWine went on to describe how the hoax threats originated from “overseas” but didn’t elaborate on which specific country was behind them, only that the action was “one more opportunity to mess with the United States.”
“I want to say to the parents of Springfield, these these threats have all been hoaxes. None of them have panned out. We have people, unfortunately, overseas who are taking these actions,” he said. “Some of them are coming from one particular country. We think that this is you know, one more opportunity to mess with the United States and they’re, they’re continuing to do that.”
The revelation is a devastating blow to the corporate media’s narrative over the last week that these “bomb threats” were incitements of violence brought about by former President Donald Trump’s and his running mate J.D. Vance highlighting the Haitian migrant crisis gripping Springfield.
When the reports of bomb threats first emerged last week, Democrats and the media seized the moment, breathlessly demanding denouncements from the Republican candidates.
Q: Do you denounce the bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio?
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) September 14, 2024
Trump: I don’t know what happened with the bomb threats. I know that it’s been taken over by illegal migrants pic.twitter.com/LVtWfxnXIm
CBS’s @Weijia Jiang: “[D]uring the debate, Trump spread false claims and lies about immigrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. The city manager disputed those false claims, and today City Hall was evacuated after a bomb threat was sent to city agencies and media outlets. Does… pic.twitter.com/8FlRMJDqXm
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 12, 2024
Trump can't stop talking about Springfield and lying about the legal status of immigrants there. But as @SRuhle points out, it was a hateful bomb threat – not the immigrants – that forced city services to shut down. pic.twitter.com/gGeUIq5Veg
— 11th Hour (@11thHour) September 13, 2024
The usual suspects from CNN, CBS and NBC also bludgeoned Vance with the false talking point all weekend.
Vance: But I would appreciate it if the American media shows up and did some real investigation rather than amplifying the worst people in the world. Why is someone calling in a bomb threat? Because they want attention. I think we should ignore… pic.twitter.com/X4gsDc42FP
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 15, 2024
SMACKDOWN: JD Vance flips the script on hostile DNC attack bot Kristen Welker over migrant issues in Ohio:
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) September 15, 2024
"The media and the Kamala Harris campaign, they've been calling the residents of Springfield racist."
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NBC’s Welker started a gotcha fight and Vance finished it:… pic.twitter.com/GNNlS8RqpG
In one heated exchange Sunday, CNN’s Dana Bash blamed the so-called “bomb threats” on Vance for highlighting the migrant crisis in Springfield.
“So, instead of saying things that are wrong and actually causing the hospitals, the schools, the government buildings to be evacuated because of bomb threats, because of the cats and dogs thing, why not actually be constructive in helping to better integrate them into the community, because [there are] a lot of employers there who say that the Haitian workers are helping fill jobs that they need desperately filled?” Bash asked Vance.
.@JDVance: "I want to start with something you said that is disgusting and is more appropriate for a Democrat propagandist than a journalist — You just accused me of inciting violence against [Springfield] when all I have done is surfaced the complaints of my constituents." 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/52CfEPdKSS
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 15, 2024
Vance replied, “Dana, first of all, let me just respond to a couple of things that you said, but I wanna start with something you said, which I think is frankly disgusting and is more appropriate for a Democratic propagandist than it is for an American journalist.”
“There is nothing that I have said that has led to threats against these hospitals. These hospitals, the bomb threats, and so forth, it’s disgusting. The violence is disgusting. We condemn it. We condemn all violence,” he added.
Media lackeys have even cited the Springfield “bomb threats” as justification for the second assassination attempt against Trump.
NBC's Lester Holt: "Today's apparent assassination attempt comes amid increasingly fierce rhetoric on the campaign trail. Mr. Trump, his running mate JD Vance continue to make baseless claims about Haitian immigrants" in Springfield, Ohio, resulting in bomb threats. pic.twitter.com/apw9WQ1liR
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 15, 2024
.@mmckinnon on the latest Trump assassination attempt: “[Republicans] are the ones — I mean, that’s an exact example in Springfield right now of them raising the rhetoric, raising the heat, on a false story, on a lie that created a bomb threat at schools. You don’t have to look… pic.twitter.com/JMQhgmz14R
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 16, 2024
Despite the bomb threats hoaxes, don’t expect the media to walk back their assertions that Republicans are inciting violence in Springfield.
