Vance and Trump getting what they wanted in Springfield

Fascist rhetoric produces fascist results:

For the second day in a row, the Springfield region was hit by threats of violence, affecting schools, city officials and others.

The Springfield City School District closed Roosevelt Middle School and evacuated Perrin Woods and Snowhill Elementary schools Friday morning after the city received two bomb threats via email, according to a city release. Cliff Park High School, a charter school outside the Springfield district, was also evacuated.

According to the city, an email that was sent at 7:21 a.m., “targeted several City Commissioners and a city employee.” A second email at 7:45 a.m. targeted several schools as well at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the Ohio License Bureau Southside. All affected buildings were evacuated according to the city.

“In response to these threats, local and regional law enforcement, along with our public safety partners, have acted promptly,” city officials said. “We are committed to the safety and well-being of our community and take all threats to public safety with the utmost seriousness.”

Springfield officials and police are working with the Dayton FBI office to “determine the origin of the email threats.”

Springfield Mayor Rob Rue said the threats and negative attention the city has received are distracting officials from doing their jobs effectively, resulting in increased personnel, overtime and safety concerns.

Rue said the community is hurting right now and needs “help, not hate.” He said the community needs to unify instead of divide, and he questioned the goal of people who are spreading hatred.

“There are a lot more people that are for the community than against,” Rue said.

And let’s be clear, they don’t want this to stop with mere threats. They’re escalating the racist lies rather than toning it down.

Every mainstream editor and prominent academic who played a role in propping up Vance — even though his awful book told us exactly what he was — as some kind of empathetic working-class whisperer should be deeply ashamed of themselves.

It’s AWFUL. Targeting every immigrant from one country with LIES, and they know it’s all lies, they know! What year is this? Jesus. I’m every bit as “hillbilly” as JD Vance (meaning not very, but that’s another topic) and that man is a disgrace, he’s as bad as Trump. https://t.co/jH20dgLX9k— Farran Nehme (@selfstyledsiren) September 13, 2024