Springfield, OH resident Erika Lee, who NBC News reports “was among the first people to” advance the baseless rumor that Haitian immigrants are eating local pets, on Friday said she “didn’t mean” for the accusation to become fodder for national politics. “I didn’t think it would ever get past Springfield,” Lee told NBC News. According to NBC reporter Alicia Victoria Lozano, Lee “says she had no firsthand knowledge of any such incident and is now filled with regret and fear as a result of the ensuing fallout.” READ MORE: ‘Where’s Melania?’ Miami reporter details speculation Trump and Loomer are…