Few moments from Tuesday night’s presidential debate have had greater resonance than President Donald Trump’s claim that migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating pets. In a larger attack on Vice President Kamala Harris’s record, Trump said:

“And look at what’s happening to the towns all over the United States. And a lot of towns don’t want to talk — not going to be Aurora or Springfield. A lot of towns don’t want to talk about it because they’re so embarrassed by it. In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in. They’re eating the cats. They’re eating — they’re eating the pets of the people that live there. And this is what’s happening in our country. And it’s a shame.”