Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) announced on Monday that the 33 bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio, have all been “hoaxes” spread by “overseas” countries targeting the United States. Prior to the governor’s announcement, mainstream media claimed that the bomb threats were due to former President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance’s comments regarding the roughly 20,000 migrants who have been relocated to the Springfield community over the past of couple years.
During a news conference on Monday, DeWine noted that there had been 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,” the governor stated. “So 33 threats, 33 hoaxes. I want to make that very, very clear. None of these had any validity at all.”
“We know that people are very, very concerned, and we have taken some actions,” DeWine added. “So I want to say to the parents in Springfield, these hoaxes, these threats, have all been hoaxes. None of them have panned out.”
The Republican governor claimed that individuals “overseas” were responsible for the bomb threat hoaxes in Springfield. DeWine explained that some of the threats have originated from “one particular country,” adding, “We think that this is, you know, one more opportunity to mess with the United States, and they’re continuing to do that.” The Ohio governor emphasized that the state would not “let the bad guys win.”
In the aftermath of last week’s presidential debate on ABC News, mainstream media outlets heavily criticized the former president and his 2024 vice presidential running mate for warning about the issues Springfield has faced over the past couple of years as an unprecedented number of Haitian migrants have relocated to the area. Trump and Vance were specifically targeted for pointing to reports that suggested Haitian migrants were eating pets and wildlife in the Springfield neighborhood.
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Following Monday’s statements by DeWine, Reagan McCarthy, communications director for Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, told Fox News that Republicans were looking forward to an apology from Democrats in Ohio who were “quick to blame Bernie, JD Vance, and President Trump for these bomb threats in Springfield,” adding that the Democrats’ “allies in the mainstream media went along with it without evidence.” McCarthy noted, “As it turns out, this was a false smear that has since been debunked.”
The Trump campaign’s social media platform also released a statement regarding the media’s role in spreading false information regarding the bomb threat hoaxes. The campaign tweeted, “Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says there were 33 bomb threats against Springfield schools that all turned out to be hoaxes and originated from ‘overseas.’ Where do President Trump and JD Vance go to get their apology from the media who claimed they incited them?”
