Hey, good morning. It's Sunday, September 15th.

51 days until election day, but there's a big caveat to that because some voting starts tomorrow.

The fallout continues for Donald Trump following last week's presidential debate against Kamala Harris,

but the conversation is shifted from the Republican nominee's bizarre and unhinged performance

to questions about how his campaign is being managed. Trump's peddling of conspiracy theories

during the debate, which was seen by more than 67 million people just here in the United States,

has led to some very real and some very scary

consequences. Bomb threats and other threats of violence have disrupted the city of Springfield,

Ohio after Trump amplified unfounded racist allegations that Haitian migrants were stealing

people's pets and eating them. As a result, schools have closed. Hospitals were temporarily

locked down, and the city's migrant population has been on high alert. And yet Trump has doubled

down and continued to make yet more disparaging comments about Springfield's Haitian community

at his recent rallies, claiming that they've taken over and ruined the town.

But serious consequences, serious questions need to be asked about how and why the Republican

presidential nominee and his running mate are pushing baseless fringe conspiracies in the

first place. The exact origins of the rumor are complex and almost entirely based in racism,

not in fact. But neo-Nazis

had a hand in pushing the false claims on social media and messaging platforms earlier this summer,

and they consider it a success that Donald Trump promoted the story during a high-profile event.

As one neo-Nazi user on the messaging service, Gab wrote, quote, this is what real power looks like,

end quote. Take a look at this woman. The lies about Springfield were spread by her, Laura

Lumer, a prominent far-right figure best known for her attention-seeking political stunts,

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