Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine addresses false claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets

>>> WELCOME BACK TO AMERICA DECIDES. IF YOU FEEL LIKE CATS ARE THIS ELECTION, MIGHT NOT BE ALONE. WHAT AGAIN WITH JUDY VANCE, THE OHIO RIVER CAN SENATOR, AND HIS REFERENCE TO CHILDLESS CAT LADIES, IT HAS TAKEN A FASCINATING TERM TOWARD'S CLAIM THAT MIGRANTS, UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ARE EATING PETS. OUR TEAM HAS CONFIRMED THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO TRUTH IN THIS ASSERTION, NEVERTHELESS, THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD AT LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE. >> IN SPRINGFIELD, THEY ARE EATING THE DOGS, THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN, THEY ARE EATING THE CATS, THEY ARE EATING THE PET OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. AND THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY, AND IT'S A SHAME.>> MIKE DeWINE JOINS US NOW FROM COLUMBUS, GOVERNOR, GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER A LONG TIME, I COVERED YOUR FIRST CAMPAIGN FOR STATE SENATE 1992. GOVERNOR, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD ASK YOU A QUESTION LIKE THIS. IS ANY LEGAL CITIZEN CITIZEN OF OHIO EATING DOGS OR CATS ILLEGALLY?>> MAJOR, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP ON THE INTERNET, THE INTERNET CAN BE QUITE CRAZY SOMETIMES, AND LOOK, THE MAYOR OF SPRINGFIELD SAYS NO, THERE IS NO TRUTH IN THAT, THEY HAVE NO EVIDENCE OF THAT AT ALL. IF WE GO WITH WHAT THE MAYOR SAYS.>> THERE IS A CASE IN DAYTON OF A WOMAN WITH MENTAL HEALTH BEING ALLEGED TO HAVE A NEIGHBOR'S CAT, BUT SHE LIVED IN OHIO, NOT AN IMMIGRANT. WE BRING THIS UP NOT ONLY BECAUSE THE FORMER PRESIDENT DID IT, YOU HAVE AN IMMIGRATION SITUATION IN SPIN FIELD, IT IS SERIOUS, IT IS INTERESTING, THE POPULATION OF 58,000, 15 TO 20,000 UNDER TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS IN SPRINGFIELD, A GOOD NUMBER OF THEM, AS I UNDERSTAND, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, THEY ARE WORKING, THEY ARE DEALING WITH A LABOR SHORTAGE, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER ISSUES, HEALTH, SAFETY ISSUES THAT YOU TRY TO BRING ATTENTION TO. WOULD YOU NOT PREFER A MORE COHERENT CONVERSATION ABOUT IMMIGRATION IN THE LAST NIGHT ON THE DEBATE STAGE?>> MAJOR, THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS TO BE SAID ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN SPRING YIELD, YOU POINTED OUT THE NUMBERS, WHEN YOU PUT 50,000 PEOPLE ON TOP IN A COUPLE YEARS, THAT'S NOT JUST THE NORMAL INCREASE THAT WE EXPECT TO SEE IN REGARDS TO IMMIGRATION, THIS IS A MASSIVE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING IN, I THINK IT RAISES A COUPLE QUESTIONS. FOR US IN OHIO, WE ARE SEEING A COUPLE MAJOR CHALLENGES, YOU ARE RIGHT, THESE HAITIANS CAME INTO WORK BECAUSE THERE WERE JOBS, THEY FILLED A LOT OF JOBS. IF YOU TALK TO THE EMPLOYERS, THEY'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB, THEY'VE WORKED VERY HARD. IT RAISES QUESTIONS, ONE IS A HEALTH ISSUE. HAITI IS NOT A COUNTRY THAT HAS GOOD HEALTHCARE, AND SINCE THE ASSASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE DOCTORS, MOST OF THEM HAVE ALREADY LEFT. YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING IN FROM A COUNTRY THAT DON'T REALLY HAVE GOOD HEALTHCARE, IT RAISES ISSUES ABOUT GETTING THEM VACCINATED, GETTING THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED, IT'S PUT A REAL PRESSURE ON PRIMARY CARE, WHAT WE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY, WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO TAKE SOME FEDERAL DOLLARS IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE, IF NOT, WE WILL SPEND IT OURSELVES AND PUT ABOUT TWO AND HALF DOLLARS IN ASSIST THE LOOK OF THE AND EXPAND PRIMARY HEALTHCARE. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS DRIVING, AGAIN, HAITI IS NOT A COUNTRY WHERE MANY PEOPLE DRIVE, THERE ARE NOT MANY CARS PER CAPITA, PEOPLE WHO DO DRIVE, THE LAWS IN HAITI ARE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT THAN THEY ARE IN THE UNITED STATES, MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN IN HAITI FOR A NUMBER OF TIMES. THE CHALLENGE IS TO GET DRIVERS TRAINING BEFORE THESE INDIVIDUALS, SO WHEN THEY DO GO ON THE ROAD, THEY WILL BE SAFE. WE HAVE A LAW IN OHIO, WHEN YOU TURN 18 OR YOU ARE OVER 18, YOU CAN GET A DRIVERS LICENSE IN THE STATE, BUT YOU HAD TO PASS A TEST, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY DRIVERS TRAINING, WHICH IS A BIG POLL, - - IT'S A BIG LOOPHOLE, AND IT'S A PROBLEM.>> ARE YOU WORRIED THAT IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY COULD BE UNDER READER JEOPARDY BECAUSE OF SCAPEGOAT LANGUAGE LIKE THE NATION HEARD LAST NIGHT?>> AS I TALK TO THE PEOPLE IN SPRINGFIELD, THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISSUES I JUST TALKED ABOUT. THEY WILL TELL ME THESE ISSUES ARE THINGS THEY ARE WORKING ON VERY HARD, THEY ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR THE FAMILIES, BUT WHAT THE PEOPLE OF SPRINGFIELD ARE SAYING IS THERE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE COMING IN, NOT WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY EXPECT. FRANKLY, MAJOR, I THINK THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO START LOOKING AT PLACES LIKE THIS, TREAT IT LIKE YOU WOULD A NATURAL DISASTER. IF WE HAVE A NATURAL DISASTER IN OHIO, WE CALL THE GOVERNMENT, THEY COME IN AND DO AN ASSESSMENT. IF THEY THINK WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE STATE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT, THERE IS HELP PROVIDED. I THINK WE NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN REGARD TO WHAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE REAL BIG SURGES, LIKE WE'VE SEEN IN SPRING FIELD, IMMIGRANTS COMING IN OVER A SHORT TIME. WE SHOULD HAVE HELP FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >> BROADLY SPEAKING, WHO WAS THE WINNER OF LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE?>> I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN OPINION, LOOK, I THINK THE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT TRUMP, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ISSUES, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO AGREE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP ON ISSUES, MORE SO THAN WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. THE MORE HE CAN STICK TO THOSE ISSUES AT TALK ABOUT HIS VISION FOR THE COUNTRY, WHETHER IT IS IN THE ECONOMY, TAKING THE BORDER, NATIONAL DEFENSE, THE BETTER OFF HE IS GOING TO BE AS HE GOES FORWARD. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY IN A VERY CLOSE RACE. OHIO IS NOT CLOSE, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO WIN OHIO BY A PRETTY GOOD MARGIN. WHAT WE HOPE FOR, ROOTING FOR BERTIE MARINO TO WIN THAT RACE FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE.>> IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO FIND, YOU MENTIONED THE INTERNET A MOMENT AGO, WHERE ARE YOU ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? ARE YOU A FULL THROATED ENDORSEE OF HIS RE-ELECTION TO THE WHITE HOUSE?>>, I SAID MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO BEFORE IT WAS EVEN DETERMINE WHO THE NOMINEE WOULD BE,