An Ohio sheriff is under fire for a social media post in which he said people with Kamala Harris yard signs should have their addresses recorded so that immigrants can be sent to live with them if Harris wins.

The attention on Springfield then became amplified again when the Republican vice presidential candidate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, took to X to claim that people in the city have had their “pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country.”

Portage County Sheriff Bruce D. Zuchowski wrote in a follow-up post he "as the elected sheriff" has a "First Amendment right, as do all citizens."

Sheriff Bruce D. Zuchowski, who took office in 2021, made the remarks in Facebook posts shared to two separate accounts on the night of Sept. 13.

Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski shared a social post asking residents to write down the addresses of anyone displaying Kamala Harris signs.

Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski of Portage County used anti-immigrant rhetoric and denounced both the vice president and her supporters in a public Facebook post.

Bruce Zuchowski used the word “locust” to describe undocumented immigrants and said they should be sent to the homes of Kamala Harris supporters.