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Taylor Popielarz

@TaylorPopielarz

Sep 16

Ongoing list of facilities in Springfield, Ohio, that have either been placed on lockdown, evacuated, closed, or searched at some point over the last week due to threats.

It coincides with Ohio Sen. @JDVance and former President Trump amplifying what local and state officials say are baseless claims about Haitian migrants eating people's pets and local geese in the community.

1. Springfield City Hall
2. Springfield’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles
3. Springfield’s Driver’s Exam Station
4. Springfield’s local Ohio License Bureau
5. Springview Government Center
6. Clark County Department of Job and Family Services
7. Clark County Common Pleas Court
8. Clark County Board of Elections
9. Clark County Juvenile Court
10. A.B. Graham Building
11. Springfield Academy of Excellence
12. Fulton Elementary School
13. Perrin Woods Elementary School
14. Snowhill Elementary School
15. Roosevelt Middle School
16. Kettering Health Springfield
17. Mercy Health - Springfield Regional Medical Center
18. Wittenberg University
19. Clark State College
20. Simon Kenton Elementary School
21. Kenwood Elementary School

Also, Springfield's annual CultureFest was canceled on Monday over security concerns.

Update:

Ohio @GovMikeDeWine just held a press conference in Springfield alongside local officials. Here are some notes from our @SpectrumNews1OH newsroom ⤵️

• Springfield has received at least 33 separate bomb threats in the last week

• Each has been responded to and determined to be a hoax

• 36 members of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are heading to Springfield to patrol and sweep every local school building each day

• The Ohio Department of Public Safety is bringing in tower cameras to install throughout Springfield for surveillance

• Bomb sniffing dogs will be on site each day in Springfield

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Taylor Popielarz

@TaylorPopielarz

Sep 12

According to a statement received by our @SpectrumNews1OH newsroom, City Hall in Springfield, Ohio, has been evacuated this morning due to a bomb threat.

This is the community former President Trump spoke about in Tuesday's debate, falsely claiming Haitian migrants in Springfield have been eating people's pets. Local police and city officials have repeatedly said there is no evidence to support that claim. Trump running mate and Ohio Sen. @JDVance has also pushed the debunked claim.

It's unclear if the bomb threat is connected to the false claim.

Update from our @SpectrumNews1OH newsroom on the bomb threat in Springfield, Ohio:

The local police chief will hold a press briefing at 2:30pm ET to provide an update.

The city also shared this statement about the impact the bomb threat is having:

"All Clark County, Ohio office buildings have been closed to the public out of abundance of caution due to recent threats made to other local government entities in Springfield on Thursday, Sept. 12.

The closure includes all commission departments, as well as the Springview Government Center, the Clark County Department of Job and Family Services, the Clark County Common Pleas Court, the Clark County Board of Elections, the Clark County Juvenile Court and the A.B. Graham Building.

At this time, there have been no known threats directed to Clark County offices."

Update from the @springfieldnews:

“Springfield Mayor Rob Rue said everyone who was in the City Hall building was moved out and is safe. Rue would not comment on the precise language of the threat but said it came from someone claiming to be from Springfield, and mentioned frustration with the city related to Haitian immigration issues.”

springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfie…

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Taylor Popielarz

@TaylorPopielarz

Jan 3

New:

As 2024 kicks off, Pres. @JoeBiden will travel to Valley Forge, PA, on Saturday to deliver a campaign speech on protecting democracy and marking the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

In a call with reporters, Biden’s campaign outlined its plans for January.

After delivering his first campaign speech of 2024 in Pennsylvania on Saturday, Biden will then travel to Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday to deliver another campaign speech about combatting political violence.

As for VP @KamalaHarris, she will head to South Carolina on Saturday to deliver the keynote at a women’s church event.

On Jan. 22, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade being decided, Harris will launch a reproductive freedoms tour in Wisconsin.

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Taylor Popielarz

@TaylorPopielarz

Oct 17, 2023

🧵 Today, the U.S. House is set to vote on whether Ohio Rep. @Jim_Jordan should be the next Speaker.

I've covered Jordan closely since 2018, interviewing him dozens of times and reporting on every aspect of his job.

The story that stands out most is related to Jan. 6, 2021.

Between November 2020 and Jan. 6, 2021, @Jim_Jordan became the unofficial congressional spokesperson for then-Pres. @realDonaldTrump's baseless efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

Over and over again, Jordan insisted Congress should step in to keep Trump in office.

On Jan. 6, 2021, Jordan played a leading role in getting lawmakers to object to certifying Biden's election win on the House floor, despite no evidence of widespread fraud existing.

Jordan's communications with Trump on that day have been under a bright spotlight ever since.

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Taylor Popielarz

@TaylorPopielarz

Nov 16, 2022

@HenryJGomez

As @HenryJGomez first reported this morning, former #OHSen candidate and current State Senator Matt Dolan (@dolan4ohio) has sent this letter to Ohio county GOP chairs in response to activists and party leaders encouraging him to challenge Democratic Sen. @SherrodBrown in 2024.

@dolan4ohio

Of the 6 GOP candidates who ran for #OHSen this year, @dolan4ohio was the only one to reject Donald Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen.

He invested $10M+ of his family fortune into his race & finished 3rd in the primary.

My profile from March:
spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/po…

@dolan4ohio

In his letter, @dolan4ohio repeats his desire for the @ohiogop to put forth "substantive candidates not personalities and election deniers."

He says focusing on anything besides @SherrodBrown's voting record "places our chances of reclaiming the seat, and the Senate, at risk."

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Taylor Popielarz

@TaylorPopielarz

Nov 7, 2022

@JDVance1

📍 Avon, Ohio

#OHSen candidate @JDVance1 is kicking off Election Day Eve with an event in Lorain County.

“The biggest threat to American security in my lifetime is this terrible crisis at the southern border,” Vance says, as he delivers his usual stump speech.

~60 people here.

@JDVance1

As the #OHSen race winds down, I asked @JDVance1 what block of voters has been the toughest to get through to.

“…a lot of the Trump base is still very hard to get through to, in part because they don’t trust the press — in my view, rightfully so.”

He also says suburban women.

@JDVance1

In Avon, I asked #OHSen candidate @JDVance1 what he says to voters who like outgoing-@senrobportman’s dealmaking style on Capitol Hill and wonder if Vance will replicate it.

“I’m running to get things done. And that’s the way in which I think Senator Portman really is a model.”