Kodak Black Reacts to Trump’s Bizarre Claim That Haitian Immigrants Eat Cats
"I ain’t see no Haitian eat no cat, homie."
Kodak Black has spoken out publicly about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s claim that Haitian immigrants are eating cats and dogs in Ohio.
At a recent concert in Columbus, Ohio, Black, who dropped a Trump campaign song called “ONBOA47RD” with Fivio Foreign last month, played the clip of Trump saying the ridiculous statement. “Of course I’m angry. We got 21 million people that came into our country invading our communities, invading our cities and our towns, and destroying our country. I’m angry about Venezuelan gangs taking over Aurora, Colorado, and I’m angry about illegal Haitian migrants taking over Springfield, Ohio. You see that mess, don’t you?”
Black responded afterwards, questioning the audience about what Trump was saying. “That shit crazy. That shit true? Man, I ain’t gonna lie, homie, I’m a motherfucking Trump supporter.”
Although the crowd responded to boos to his statement, Black kept going. He asked the audience how they felt about the upcoming election cycle in general. “I’m Haitian. How y’all feel about this election shit?” he said. “I feel like we fucked anyway. I ain’t with that Kamala Harris shit either. What the fuck going on in America?”
Black ended his message with a claim to get to the bottom of what Trump swears is happening. “I’m finna go to Springfield tomorrow, I’m going over there,” he added. “I gotta see this shit. I ain’t smelling that. I ain’t see no Haitian eat no cat, homie. When y’all show me a Haitian eating a cat, then y’all can say that shit.”
Trump’s bizarre claim—which is false—stretches back to a social media post from an Ohio Facebook group. A woman named Erika Lee wrote that the friend of a neighbor's daughter lost her cat and found it hanging from a branch.
Speaking to NBC News about the post that went viral, Lee said that, “It just exploded into something I didn’t mean to happen.” She’s since deleted the post on Facebook.
“I feel for the Haitian community,” said Lee. “If I was in the Haitians’ position, I’d be terrified, too, worried that somebody’s going to come after me because they think I’m hurting something that they love and that, again, that’s not what I was trying to do.”
