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Trump’s Puerto Rico fallout is ‘spreading like wildfire’ in Pennsylvania
Wow! Who knew?
Politico, an American digital newspaper that covers politics and policy in the United States and internationally, states, “Donald Trump has a serious Puerto Rico problem - in Pennsylvania.”
The newspaper says that the dumb “joke” uttered during Trump’s rally compared Puerto Rico to an "island of garbage". It’s given Donald Trump “roughly a half-million problems in the swing state of Pennsylvania: that’s the number of Puerto Ricans who live in the state, where the election is expected to be decided by a razor-thin margin.”
Politico goes on: “Many Puerto Rican voters in the state are furious about racist and demeaning comments delivered at a Trump rally. Some say their dismay is giving Kamala Harris a new opening to win over the state’s Latino voters…” As well, a nonpartisan Puerto Rican group has drafted a letter urging their members to oppose Trump, and many of them protested at Trump's rally in Allentown (the third most populous city in Pennsylvania). "It's spreading like wildfire through the community," says a Democratic precinct captain.
And here's what the venerable BBC has to say: “North Philadelphia is the beating heart of Philadelphia's more than 90,000-strong Puerto Rican population and forms a key part of Pennsylvania's Latino community, which both the Democrats and Republicans have sought to woo ahead of the 5 November election. But on Monday morning, many locals were left seething at a joke made at Donald Trump's rally…”
“It's crazy to me," said Ivonne Torres Miranda, a local resident. “You don't joke like that. We're Puerto Ricans. We have dignity, and we have pride."
In the aftermath, Trump’s campaign was quick to try to distance itself from the “joke”, with a spokesman saying the remark "does not reflect the views" of Trump or his campaign”. But, of course, Trump himself hasn’t said anything, other than he doesn’t know the guy “who made the racist ‘jokes’”. I see: so, you hire the guy without knowing who he is?? A simple scan of the internet reveals he’s known primarily for insult comedy which has led to several controversies. “Comedians should never apologize for a joke,” the guy adds. Huh?
As for Trump, all he can say is, “There was love in the room. The love in that room was breathtaking." Whoa Donny: which room were you in!?!
Of course, the Democratic campaign pounced on the joke, with Kamala Harris pointing to the comment as a sign that Trump is "fanning the fuel of trying to divide" Americans.
Puerto Rican celebrities Bad Bunny and Jennifer Lopez both endorsed Harris on Sunday. In fact, it’s estimated that five Puerto Rican celebrities have collectively reached up to 340 million followers showing support for Kamala Harris.
A campaign official told CBS, the BBC's US partner, that the controversy was a political gift to the Democrats. "[The joke] just put it in the bag for us,” said Jessie Ramos, a Harris supporter. “He literally just gave us the win. He has no idea how hard the Latino community is going to come out and support Kamala Harris."
Across Pennsylvania, about 600,000 eligible voters are Latino. More than 470,000 of them are Puerto Ricans - one of the largest concentrations in the country and a potential deciding.
The BBC adds that while Trump’s campaign is maligning Puerto Rico, Kamala  Harris is “unveiling a new policy platform for Puerto Rico, promising economic development and improved disaster relief, and accusing Trump of having ‘abandoned and insulted’ the island during Hurricane Maria in 2017”.
Meanwhile, the Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, following outrage from Trump’s New York rally.
“Trump has for years maintained a discourse of contempt and misinformation against the island that reveals an obsession and disdain for a people who do not have the power of the vote to defend themselves, since the three million American citizens who live in Puerto Rico cannot vote in the presidential elections. However, the other five million who live in the United States, whom they also labeled as trash, can vote,” editor María Luisa Ferré Rangel wrote in the editorial.
The newspaper’s editorial heavily criticized the former president. “Trump suffers from psychopathic elements that he evidences by lying repeatedly. He has no moral compass and believes that the rules do not apply to him. These are traits typical of those people who qualify as malignant narcissists. Trump is one of the worst,” Rangel wrote.

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