evidence: Then, last week former President Donald Trump weighed in. "The small 4,000-person town of Charleroi, Pennsylvania — have you heard of it?" Trump said during a press conference in Arizona. "What a beautiful name, but it's not so beautiful now. It has experienced a 2,000% increase in the population of Haitian migrants under Kamala Harris. So, Pennsylvania, remember this when you have to go to vote." [...] Several Charleroi leaders and civic organizations have criticized Trump for his remarks. Kristin Hopkins-Calcek, the president of the Charleroi Borough Council, said Trump was exploiting the town for political gain. Just days before Trump’s remarks, Charleroi’s leaders learned that a glass factory known for making Pyrex dishware would close and move to Ohio. More than 300 jobs were in jeopardy after more than 100 years of production in town — the latest crushing blow to the local economy. [...] Marie Guerdy works as a cashier in the new grocery store in town, which sells a variety of brands and produce that are widely accessible in Haiti. Guerdy was a Kindergarten teacher in Haiti but moved with her family first to Mexico and then the United States when it became unsafe. Guerdy, who speaks Haitian-Creole, French and Spanish, rolled her eyes at Trump’s comments "He said whatever he wanted to say," she told WESA in Spanish. "But we don’t eat what he said we eat. I eat beef, goat, fish, yes. But dogs never. It is very disgusting for us to eat dogs and cats."