An Ohio sheriff is asking residents to write down the addresses of homes that show support for Kamala Harris in the presidential campaign, suggesting they could be forced to house illegal immigrants flooding into the state in the future.
Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski of Portage County, southeast of Cleveland, has suggested that neighbors look for homes that display lawn signs supporting the Democratic presidential candidate and, in particular, Harris/Walz.
“When people ask me… What happens if the laughing, writhing hyena wins?” Zuchowski wrote, referring to the current vice president, “I say… write down all the addresses of the people who had her signs on their lawns!”
‘So… when the illegal ‘Locust’ humans (whom she supports!) need places to live… we will already have the addresses of their new families… who supported their arrival!’ Zuchowski said in a Facebook post using anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski warns that anyone showing support for Kamala Harris in the current presidential campaign could be forced to harbor illegal immigrants arriving in the state.
Portage County Sheriff Zuchowski has suggested that people write down the addresses of homes they find to show their support for the Democratic presidential candidate.
Zuchowski has been Portage County sheriff since 2021, but has worked in law enforcement for nearly 30 years.
An estimated 15,000 to 20,000 Haitian migrants have arrived in Springfield, Ohio, in recent years, straining local services.
Zuchowski has suggested that Trump supporters write down the addresses of homes where they see campaign lawn signs favoring Harris.
Zuchowski has been Portage County sheriff since 2021, but has worked in law enforcement for nearly 30 years.
In the comments below her Facebook post, which has been shared hundreds of times, one supporter replied: “I’ll add that name to the list,” while another commented: “I’m making a list and checking it twice.”
Zuchowski will face a Democratic challenger in his re-election campaign in November.
In the 2020 election, Portage County voted 55 percent for Trump, while 43 percent chose Biden.
But not everyone agrees with Zuchowski, including Republican Portage County Commissioner Tony Badalamenti.
“I just thought it was pretty ignorant. Once it’s posted on Facebook, no one really cares where it comes from. If it’s you, it’s you,” Badalamenti told Fox 8.
‘Everyone has their own way of thinking about how they should represent their party. I do not agree with that attitude.
‘(Zuchowski) posted that we should all copy the addresses of people who display political signs different from our beliefs.
“It scares people. It’s called bullying, and that’s from the top law enforcement official in Portage County.”
Zuchowski’s post comes as Ohio has been making headlines for the sudden influx of tens of thousands of Haitian immigrants into the city of Springfield, in the far southwestern corner of the state, about 200 miles from Portage County.
Portage County, Ohio Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski is seen with vice presidential candidate JD Vance
Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski is seen with his wife Mandy at a Trump rally
Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski is seen with Vivek Ramaswamy, left, his wife Mandy, and Gen. Mike Flynn, right, at Trump in March 2024
Zuchowski is encouraging his friends and supporters to write down the addresses of people with Democratic signs on their lawns.
Zuchowski is the highest-ranking law enforcement official in Portage County, but he is encouraging Trump supporters to take down the addresses of Kamala supporters, suggesting they might be harboring immigrants.
Residents of this city of just 60,000 say the infrastructure cannot cope with the influx of so many people at once and now residents say crime is fast becoming a problem.
“It’s like living in a dystopian nightmare. You expect to wake up and it’s 2019 again, and then you realize it’s 2024, and it’s the same thing over and over again, day after day. It’s hard sometimes to wake up in the morning and hear residents I’ve known for years struggling,” said Springfield resident Diana Daniels. Fox News.
‘This is a city where people live paycheck to paycheck… working class. Citizens who depend on our social services, like health care, who go to the SS office to apply for benefits, stand in line and don’t get the services they need.’
Springfield suddenly found itself at the center of a storm after Ohio Senator J.D. Vance claimed on X that people had had “their pets kidnapped and eaten by people who should not be in this country.”
Springfield found itself at the center of a storm after Ohio Senator JD Vance claimed in X that people had had “their pets kidnapped and eaten by people who should not be in this country.”
Trump claimed during last week’s presidential debate that Haitian refugees were “eating the dogs, the people coming in were eating the cats.” The claim became a meme.
Trump won Ohio with 53.27% of the vote, defeating Biden, who received 45.24% of the vote in the 2020 election.
The claim was later repeated during Trump’s presidential debate with Kamala Harris as they discussed immigration and border security.
Trump went further, saying that Haitian refugees were “eating the dogs, the people coming in were eating the cats.”
“They’re eating the pets of the people who live there, and this is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a disgrace,” Trump said in response.
Local officials have said the claims are not true.
Springfield Mayor Rob Rue said a “lie” is tearing apart the city of nearly 59,000 residents.
“In response to recent rumors alleging criminal activity by the immigrant population in our city, we wish to clarify that there have been no credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community,” the city added in a statement.
