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In a statement to the Guardian, Roberts denied ever killing a dog with a shovel. He did not answer questions about why several people say he told them that he had.

News of Roberts’s alleged comments to colleagues comes as Trump, the Republican nominee for president, and his running mate, JD Vance, have engaged in a racist and false propaganda campaign to demonize Haitian immigrants living in Springfield, Ohio, by claiming that they have been killing and eating people’s pets. The xenophobic claims, which are probably meant to strengthen support among white, racist and anti-immigrant voters, have incited multiple bomb threats that have disrupted the Springfield community.

Marsha Weisiger, a colleague of Roberts at the time who is now an environmental history professor at the University of Oregon, recalled being invited to dinner at Roberts’s home with her husband, and Roberts telling both of them the story about how he had hit a neighbor’s pit bull with a shovel and killed it.

To make matters worse, she recalled Roberts saying that the neighbor in question also had puppies and that he had considered killing them, too. Weisiger’s husband, who asked not to be named, recalled Roberts saying he had complained about the dog to the police, who were not responsive, and that the dog sometimes got into his yard.

Daniel Aran, who has been released from prison and is now the owner of a small construction company, spoke to the Guardian from the front yard of the small stone house. Aran is lean and muscular, with a chiseled face and hardened stare.

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[–] carl_dungeon 75 points 1 month ago (1 children)

$100 says that’s not the worst thing he’s ever done.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 51 points 1 month ago

Word on the street is that he masterminded Project 2025.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Aran is lean and muscular, with a chiseled face and hardened stare.

So glad they included this vital piece of information. Also, Holy shit that article rambles on.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

That's disturbing.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (3 children)

sheesh, what's up with the GOP? Are they the party of dog killers? 😬

[–] ThePantser 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They are a party of pet haters. Between going after cat ladies, killing dogs and accusing immigrants of killing pets, I just can't believe they have any love for pets.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

They're just bitter that they can't have the "pets" they actually want.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

They're the party of cartoon villians with long, curly mustaches

[–] cm0002 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Projection ALWAYS with them lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

"I'm not gay and I hate gay people because they're so ho-I mean because they're so bad and stuff."

A week later: "I got caught being gay."

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

These people love killing dogs and bears and they hate cats so I’m guessing they are not nice people.

[–] Red_October 18 points 1 month ago

Killing dogs is apparently really popular with those people. Has me wondering if the "Haitians are eating dogs" lie was actually a confession.

[–] cabron_offsets 16 points 1 month ago

Republicans are ghouls.

[–] Coherence 9 points 1 month ago

They don’t like anything that isn’t money

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago
[–] Thcdenton 3 points 1 month ago

Weird flex but ok