.WHEN DONALD TRUMP uttered the word "Springfield" thirty three moments in to the American governmental debate on September 10th, David Muir, the co-moderator, was actually prepped. Because little Ohio town, Mr Trump stated, illegal aliens are actually "eating the dogs, they are actually eating the pet cats, they are actually consuming the pet dogs of people who stay there". Mr Muir immediately replied that, depending on to Springfield's city manager, there were no dependable reports of pet-eating. The previous head of state's claim should possess struck lots of audiences as bizarre. But tons of Mr Trump's supporters were actually primed for it: the allegation had been moving around in conservative circles on social networking sites, increased by Elon Musk, the manager of X. Exactly how did the town become at the facility of a conservative conspiracy idea?