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After the mainstream media spent two years calling Springfield, Ohio residents liars and racistsโdismissing their accounts of life in a city that saw its Haitian population surge to somewhere between 8,000 and 15,000 people in a community of roughly 58,000โa new book arrives with 110,000 words of documentation and the first professional academic survey of the people who actually live there. Its central conclusion: the mediaโs debunkings were themselves the hoax.
Joshua Lisec, a published author from Beavercreek, Ohio who spent over a year on the project, discussed the book ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ: ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ with Real Americaโs Voice:
โ๐๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ 110,000 ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ดโ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณโ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฐ-๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐บ ๐ท๐ช๐ข ๐๐ช๐จ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข, ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ.โ
Springfield became the focal point of the 2024 presidential campaign when Trump raised the city from the debate stage. The mediaโs response was swift and dismissive: call it a hoax, label the residents, move on. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌโ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฒโ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ.
The poll matters specifically because the mediaโs playbook was to treat every negative account from Springfield residents as suspectโthe product of prejudice rather than lived experience. A commissioned academic survey of registered residents puts numbers behind what they actually reported. If the poll confirms what 110,000 words of oral history found, the conclusion is unavoidable. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ค ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌโ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค.