Trump attacks immigrants from Somalia and Haiti while rallying in Ohio for Republican candidates

At a Youngstown, Ohio, rally on Monday meant to lift Senator Jon Husted's reelection bid, President Donald Trump spent much of his time denigrating Somali and Haitian immigrants. He tied Minnesota's Somali community to Haitians in Springfield, warned that Ohio could suffer the same fate, and repeated his discredited 2024 debate assertion that Haitians ate pets, saying "I was right." The claim traced to a secondhand Facebook post whose author deleted it and admitted she had no proof. Trump also praised the departure of Haitians after his administration ended a program that had let more than 350,000 of them remain legally, and he mocked Somalis as "low IQ." He pointed out Representative Max Miller in the crowd and announced a submarine component plant for Cleveland, according to ABC News.

The heavy attention to a state he carried by 11 points reflects Republican worries about the midterms, with the Iran war and persistent inflation weighing on the party. Husted faces Democrat Sherrod Brown, and Vivek Ramaswamy is in a tight governor's contest against Amy Acton.

Separately, voters have received mailers from Enough Promises Ohio PAC boosting socialist independent Greg Levy at Brown's expense. Levy denounced them as deceptive and is weighing legal action.

Summarized by PolitiKool from ABC News’s reporting. Read the full story at ABC News →