SALT LAKE CITY — A Haitian man who’s called Utah his home since 2008 says business isn’t doing quite as well after comments from the former President last week.
“In Springfield, they are eating the dogs. The people that came in – they are eating the cats,” former President Donald Trump said during the ABC debate last week. “They are eating the pets of the people that live there.”
Roody Salvator owns a Haitian food truck and catering company in Salt Lake City.
You can find his Makaya Caters Food Truck out at Rose Park or at the Salt Lake Farmers’ Market on the weekends. He says in the days after last week’s debate, sales fell sharply. And then there was an insulting comment.
“I think halfway through the day some lady walked up and very seriously said ‘cat or dog?’ And I was taken aback,” Salvator said.
He says at the Salt Lake …