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KLEPPER: "'Sir, the question was 'State your name.'' Now if you were one of the many people last night wondering why Trump was shouting, 'They’re eating the dogs,' let me explain. It started with a random Facebook post where someone accused a Haitian immigrant of stealing and eating their 'neighbor’s daughter’s friend’s cat.' And if there’s one thing we know about Facebook posts, it’s that they’re always rigorously fact-checked. But as with any unfounded rumor on Facebook, obviously, this got picked up by the right-wing establishment and spread across the internet. Even J.D. Vance promoted it while simultaneously acknowledging it was completely unfounded. You might say he jumped in the misinformation pool, but kept his shirt on. Which brings us to last night. If there’s one thing we know about a racist conspiracy theory, it’s that Donald Trump’s brain will swallow it whole like a hungry immigrant at PETCO. And that’s how a random Facebook post turned into Donald Trump’s campaign slogan: 'They’re eating cats and dogs!'”