“Real” harmful effects –

WASHINGTON (EFE).— Julie Chávez Rodríguez, campaign manager of the US vice president and Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, warns in an interview with EFE that the “divisive and dangerous rhetoric” of former Republican president Donald Trump is having “real consequences” in USA.

An example of this is Springfield (Ohio), where there have been bomb threats with the eviction of schools and government buildings after Trump falsely said that Haitian migrants from that town were eating the neighbors’ dogs and cats. .

“This is the same type of divisive and dangerous rhetoric we have heard from Trump since day one. And they are not just words. We know that this rhetoric has real consequences,” lamented Julie Chávez, the first Latina to lead a presidential campaign in the United States.

For her, Trump’s speech has a deeply personal impact.

The blood of César Chávez (1927-1993) runs through Julie’s veins, an American of Mexican origin who six decades ago led a movement to defend the rights of farm workers and coined the cry of “Yes we can!”

Julie deplored that Trump’s statements are wreaking havoc in Springfield, which in recent years has welcomed Haitian immigrants who “work hard and help revitalize its economy,” but now see their lives interrupted by bomb threats. “What he says are not just words. “It has real consequences and is dangerous for our communities and the country.”

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