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.

  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
    32·
    17 days ago

    If this election is won on the margins, could this also turn Florida blue? I think it would be funny as hell.

    • dragontamer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      17 days ago

      Florida also has the Abortion ban on its ballots, so Women are likely going to vote in huge numbers.

      Kinda sad that the Presidential election is riding on the coattails of other issues, but that’s the nature of today’s politics.

      Florida is considered solidly red though. But all elections in the USA are a turnout issue.

      • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
        7·
        17 days ago

        The way Florida works is Miami/Dade is usually mixed dem/rep, the northern panhandle is solid Republican, leaving the I4 corridor, where most Puerto Ricans live the determining area.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
        3·
        16 days ago

        Kinda sad that the Presidential election is riding on the coattails of other issues, but that’s the nature of today’s politics.

        I’d actually argue the opposite: the nature of today’s politics has far too much focus on the horse race popularity aspect and election strategy of candidates and not anywhere near enough on the actual issues that can shape or even end the lives of the people.

        I for one would much rather have someone with the absolutely zero charisma who won’t sell people’s lives for support from special interest groups than the most charming motherfucker ever promising the moon and barely giving the Fresh Kills Landfill.

        Granted, neither of those combinations are on the presidential ballot, so I’m just gonna cross everything except the streams hoping that the establishment candidate not likely to significantly improve much beats the fascist guaranteed to make everything much worse if given the chance.