Trump Rallies Puerto Ricans for Harris
With the election said to be close, which means every vote matters, Trump did an excellent job of motivating millions of Puerto Ricans to support Harris. He did this with his recent rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, where his invited speakers made news with their outrageous and blatantly racist statements against Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans.
Recognizing this monumental campaign blunder, Republicans like Florida's Rick Scott instantly tied to distance himself from this insane campaign behavior. Scott is in a close race for US Senate. With 600,000 registered Puerto Rican voters in FL, Scott can't afford to lose any of them, but lose some he will. It won't help Trump's effort either. Swing state Pennsylvania has 490,000 registered Puerto Rican voters.
After the Trump rally, "... Puerto Rico-born Bad Bunny – who has more than 45 million Instagram followers – shared a campaign video of Harris making her pitch for Puerto Rican voters. [Jenifer] Lopez, whose parents are Puerto Rican and who has 250 million followers, shared the same video alongside several other materials pitching Harris as the best candidate for Puerto Ricans. And Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin shared the video to his 18.6 million Instagram followers as well as the original video of Hinchcliffe with the caption, “This is what they think of us.” (Source)
These posts did not go out before the rally. They went out because of the rally. As I said, Trump did an excellent job motivating millions of Puerto Ricans to support Harris. This is a gift to Harris, for which she can thank Trump.
Republicans are doing damage control saying a rally joke will not change how Puerto Ricans vote. They may be right, if it was a simple joke in isolation (it wasn't). But the backlash the rally produced, includes a video sent to 314 MILLION people. It shows the Harris plan to support Puerto Rico. That will change how a number of Puerto Ricans vote. And when contrasted with then President Trump's utter failure in supporting Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, and with the outrageous MSG comments made by Trump invitees, it could change how large numbers of Puerto Ricans vote.
With the election said to be close, which means every vote matters, Trump did an excellent job of motivating millions of Puerto Ricans to support Harris. He did this with his recent rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, where his invited speakers made news with their outrageous and blatantly racist statements against Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans.
Recognizing this monumental campaign blunder, Republicans like Florida's Rick Scott instantly tied to distance himself from this insane campaign behavior. Scott is in a close race for US Senate. With 600,000 registered Puerto Rican voters in FL, Scott can't afford to lose any of them, but lose some he will. It won't help Trump's effort either. Swing state Pennsylvania has 490,000 registered Puerto Rican voters.
After the Trump rally, "... Puerto Rico-born Bad Bunny – who has more than 45 million Instagram followers – shared a campaign video of Harris making her pitch for Puerto Rican voters. [Jenifer] Lopez, whose parents are Puerto Rican and who has 250 million followers, shared the same video alongside several other materials pitching Harris as the best candidate for Puerto Ricans. And Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin shared the video to his 18.6 million Instagram followers as well as the original video of Hinchcliffe with the caption, “This is what they think of us.” (Source)
These posts did not go out before the rally. They went out because of the rally. As I said, Trump did an excellent job motivating millions of Puerto Ricans to support Harris. This is a gift to Harris, for which she can thank Trump.
Republicans are doing damage control saying a rally joke will not change how Puerto Ricans vote. They may be right, if it was a simple joke in isolation (it wasn't). But the backlash the rally produced, includes a video sent to 314 MILLION people. It shows the Harris plan to support Puerto Rico. That will change how a number of Puerto Ricans vote. And when contrasted with then President Trump's utter failure in supporting Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, and with the outrageous MSG comments made by Trump invitees, it could change how large numbers of Puerto Ricans vote.
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