The editor-in-chief of the conservative magazine The National Review, Rich Lowry, during a discussion about the Megyn Kelly Showin which the two experts discussed widespread falsehoods about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio. Lowry dropped the slur for “migrants” and then quickly corrected himself.
“Police reviewed 11 months of recorded calls and found only two Springfield residents who called to complain about Haitian (N-word)s,” he said, seemingly correcting the statement by adding, “-migrants.”
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Kelly did not respond to Lowry’s apparent slip-up, nor did she address him as he finished speaking. Instead, the two defended Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance, who spread the claims despite admitting they are false, and praised his “alternative facts.”
Vance persisted with debunked claims that Haitian immigrants were kidnapping pets to eat in an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins last week, falsely linking the migrant community to rising HIV and tuberculosis rates. He later admitted the rumors were false but defended their spread in a Sunday interview with CNN’s Dana Bash.
“If I have to make up stories to get the American media to actually pay attention to the suffering of the American people, Dana, then I will do that, because you’re letting Kamala Harris get away with it,” Vance said.
The conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants are stealing and eating pets in Springfield went viral after former President Donald Trump spread the false claims during the presidential debate on September 10. Trump insisted that immigrants were “eating the dogs and cats” of residents, although local officials repeatedly refuted the rumors and pointed out that there was no evidence to support the claims.
The lawyer has reached out to The National Review for comment.
