Sep 11, 2024 - News

Florida church takes on Trump's pet-eating conspiracy theory

A sign-wielding Florida church known for wading into politics is at it again after this week's presidential debate.

State of play: "No one is eating the pets," read the marquee outside Allendale United Methodist Church in St. Petersburg on Wednesday.

The message alludes to Tuesday night's presidential debate, in which Donald Trump invoked a baseless conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were eating pets.

Flashback: Allendale has used its prominent sign at 38th Avenue N and Haines Road to riff on political controversies before.

Last year, after state lawmakers passed a bill restricting drag shows, the marquee read, "Humanity is God in drag."
And in 2019, amid another Trump immigration controversy, the sign gave this message: "White supremacy is the real crisis."

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