Looking a bit deeper, does seem like it varies by location. Will update the title to clarify that
He is, though he’s wrong about Trump’s plans being anything beneficial in the long term. But even what he’s saying about any part of it being harmful is a contradiction of Trump’s claims about the economy
Nevada, Wisconsin, and Michigan* have same day registration through election day
North Carolina has it only during early voting (ends Nov 2nd)
The rest of the battle ground states do not (i.e Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia)
Across the US, 23 states + DC have same day voter registration
* not at the polls in Michigan but at the clerk’s office and then you can vote there after doing same day registration
Another thing to note about him: Girdusky is also listed as one of the board of advisors of American Moment which is a group that’s listed by the Heritage Foundation as a Project 2025 partner
In a close election, any decent percentage matters and they are not spread out evenly at all. For instance, there are 500,000 in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was won by only 42k in 2016
Plus a million in Florida - that can make the florida senate race a little more competitive. New York downballot races are a big part of why dems lost the house in 2022, and there’s also around a million in New York
They should certainly have representation, yes, but that’s not to say the Puerto Ricans in swing states / competitive downballot won’t matter either
Good thing there’s only 5 million people who once lived in Puerto Rico in the 50 states and hundreds of thousands in Pennsylvania particularly
Note that Girdusky is listed as one of the board of advisors of American Moment which is a group that’s listed by the Heritage Foundation as a Project 2025 partner
Vote, get active, get involved
Talk to your dem-leaning friends, family, neighbors, etc. and encourage them to turnout
They includes 3rd parties in 2016, but did not in 2020 and 2024, hence the different margins. And the 3rd party they included was of the Republican spoiler type rather than the Democratic spoiler type
They had way higher third party votes in their poll than actually occured - and the third party votes in 2016 were higher than usual (helping trump narrowly win in 2016)
There are large number of Puerto Ricans in many swing states (+ important downballot races), and Republicans have been trying to court their vote. This isn’t doing them any favors
Peurto Ricans by state
It doesn’t even have to change minds all that much to matter. If any trump-leaning Puerto Ricans just don’t turnout, it matters a lot
Make sure to remind and encourage any dem-leaning friends and family you know to vote too! Volunteering is also great to help bring those numbers up
Edited the title of the original post
At Trump’s rally in Madison Square Garden
EDIT: Him claiming to be “joking” is just an excuse and does not make it any less racist
Little bit less than that because another chunk say they have no opinion
38% of Republicans and 25% of independents who do not think it’s “shameful.”
Let’s make sure they’re voted out. Vote, get active, volunteer
Puerto Ricans can and do move and there’s large numbers of them in swing states. There’s 450 thousand just in Pennsylvania
EDIT: also doesn’t help that he also said
“These Latinos, they love making babies, too. Just know that they do,” Hinchcliffe said, setting up his joke: “There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They c-- inside, just like they did to our country."
There’s a decent chance Walz runs to be president in the future if Harris wins and I think he’d probably do fairly well in a primary and general