Comments at Trump rally lead to anger and indignation in one of the most important battleground states in the election

Comments at Trump rally lead to anger and indignation in one of the most crucial battleground states in the election

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As the Harris campaign was announcing her policy proposals for Puerto Rico, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe was opening for a Trump campaign rally in New York. Hinchcliffe, during his introduction, made racist and disparaging remarks about Puerto Ricans.

“There’s a lot going on. I don’t know if you guys know this, but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico,” said Hinchcliffe, a comedian and host of the popular podcast and stand up comedy show Kill Tony.

The racist comments spread like wildfire, leading to anger and indignation in Pennsylvania, one of the most important battleground states in the US election which many experts think is crucial to any attempt to win the White House. There are over 472,000 Puerto Ricans in the state of Pennsylvania, according to the US census bureau.

  • dragontamer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    4 days ago

    Haitian migrants were legal btw.

    Puerto Ricans likely remember the more racist times decades ago. And secondly, they are a much larger group than Haitians. So this is a much bigger mistake than the Haitian thing a few weeks ago…

    No offense to any Haitians around here. Just talking about sizes and demographics. It’s awful that we have a candidate who is so openly racist. But I’m happy that they’re showing their colors while we can still defeat them at the ballot box.

    • BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world
      8·
      4 days ago

      This time he passed off citizens. Now these are citizens that his base do not want to think of as citizens, or even as legal immigrants(a group that they don’t want to acknowledge either), but they don’t want to believe in reality.