Minutes after a speaker at a New York rally celebrating Donald Trump’s victory made racist remarks about U.S. territories, superstar Bad Bunny endorsed Kamala Harris for president. , on Sunday, the fight for Puerto Rican voters emerged as an unlikely campaign theme.
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe spoke before President Trump at a rally at Madison Square Garden and said, “Right now, there’s literally a floating island of trash in the middle of the ocean. I think we call it Puerto Rico.” Ta.
Millions of mainland Puerto Ricans are scheduled to vote on Nov. 5, but the Trump campaign quickly distanced itself from the joke. A number of Republican lawmakers also condemned the remarks, including Rick Scott and Maria Elvira Salazar, both of whom are from Florida, which has the largest Puerto Rican population in the continental United States.
Here’s what else happened Sunday.
Kamala Harris Election News
Harris appealed to Puerto Rican voters on the need to foster economic growth and job creation. The U.S. territory has been struggling with multiple hurricanes destroying its power grid, local governments filing for bankruptcy and facing austerity measures. Harris pledged to use territorial recovery funds more effectively and discussed her plans during a visit to a Puerto Rican restaurant in Pennsylvania. Of the swing state’s Latino voters, 580,000 are Puerto Rican.
Harris was visiting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s largest city, on her 14th visit to the state since Joe Biden withdrew from the race. The vice president spoke at a church service in West Philadelphia and answered questions about student loan debt at a nearby barbershop.
“No one can sit on the sidelines” ahead of the election, Harris told supporters at a rally Sunday night, adding: “Make no mistake about it, we will win.” Harris also targeted younger voters in the crowd. “It’s understandable that you’re looking forward to change,” she said. “You who have only known the climate crisis… You who grew up with active shooter training. You now have fewer rights than your mother or grandmother.”
Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, released a statement recognizing the six-year anniversary of the shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue. “Six years ago today, white supremacists committed the deadliest attack on American Jews in our nation’s history,” Emhoff wrote. “We honor the lives lost on that terrible day by continuing the fight against anti-Semitism and all forms of hatred.”
Gov. Tim Walz joined Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to play the American football video game “Madden” and talk about the election on a Twitch livestream. The unconventional campaign campaign comes as Harris-Waltz’s campaign seeks to attract support from young male voters.
Donald Trump Presidential Election News
President Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden was marked by racist remarks, crude insults and dangerous threats against immigrants. Businessman Grant Cardone said Harris and her prostitutes “will destroy our country,” while Tucker Carlson mocked Harris’ racial background, saying, “As a Samoan-Malaysian with a low IQ, “For the first time ever, a former California attorney was elected president. No, she’s not impressive.” Rare surprise appearances from wrestler Hulk Hogan, Dr. Phil star Phil McGraw and Melania Trump also drew cheers from the 20,000 attendees.
President Trump doubled down on his anti-immigrant rhetoric by promising new tax credits for family caregivers. He said his administration would pursue the death penalty against immigrants who kill Americans and would invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
President Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, avoided calling Russia an “enemy” in an interview with Meet the Press. Vance said Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “clear enemy” but “we have to be smart about diplomacy.”
The Washington Post reported on Sunday that Chinese state-linked hackers intercepted phone calls of U.S. political figures, including Donald Trump’s unnamed campaign adviser. On Friday, various media outlets reported that the Trump campaign announced last week that Republican presidential candidate and running mate J.D.・He was informed that Mr. Vance was included.
Elsewhere in the campaign
Axios reports that Harris’ campaign is delaying accepting Joe Biden’s offer to campaign for vice president. “President Biden wants to campaign for Vice President Harris in the final days before the election,” the newspaper wrote. “The Harris campaign continues to respond and will communicate again, three people familiar with the developments told Axios.”The president will vote early in the presidential election on Monday, according to the White House.
CNN reports that a number of major technology executives have met with Donald Trump in recent days to try to rekindle ties with the former president as the possibility of his return looms. Apple’s Tim Cook, Google’s Sundar Pichai and Amazon’s Andy Jassy have all called Trump in recent weeks. Earlier this summer, meta Mark Zuckerberg also reached out to Trump following the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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