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Americans in Puerto Rico can't vote for US president. Their anger at Trump is shaping the race

apnews.com Americans in Puerto Rico can't vote for US president. Their anger at Trump is shaping the race

Residents say a speaker calling Puerto Rico garbage before a packed Donald Trump rally in New York was the latest humiliation for an island territory that has long suffered from mistreatment.

Puerto Ricans cannot vote in general elections despite being U.S. citizens, but they can exert a powerful influence with relatives on the mainland. Phones across the island of 3.2 million people were ringing minutes after the speaker derided the U.S. territory Sunday night, and they still buzzed Monday.

Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris is competing with Trump to win over Puerto Rican communities in Pennsylvania and other swing states. Shortly after stand-up comic Tony Hinchcliffe said that, “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,” Puerto Rican reggaeton superstar Bad Bunny announced he was backing Harris.

After Sunday’s rally, a senior adviser for the Trump campain, Danielle Alvarez, said in a statement that Hinchcliffe’s joke did “not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”

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I think the cluste4fuck that was the aftermath of the earthquake in Puerto Rico was a unifying moment for America.

Trump's supporters and haters all agreed that the President of Puerto Rico was a useless, arrogant, son of a bitch.
I saw a video of the 'comedy' that was said about Puerto Rico and I am honestly just fucking baffled as to why they hate them that much? I guess all they need to be to be hated is just be browner than they are.

Also how come the issue of Trump's disgusting behavior during Hurricane Maria and his refusal to fully help them beyond a stupid stunt that had him throw a paper towel at someone's face.
No. This is NOT shaping the race. VOTE

This changes nothing not a single Trump voter changed their minds. The Trump Puerto Ricans agree with this. They just think it's the 'others' fault.

VOTE
Reminder: The only reason Puerto Ricans cannot vote is because Republicans refuse to recognize it as a state, and they do that because they don't want brown people to vote, and they don't want brown people to vote because they don't want them to exist.
After Sunday’s rally, a senior adviser for the Trump campain, Danielle Alvarez, said in a statement that Hinchcliffe’s joke did “not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”

Your team knew exactly who he is and you specifically invited him to be part of your event.
After Sunday’s rally, a senior adviser for the Trump campain, Danielle Alvarez, said in a statement that Hinchcliffe’s joke did “not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”

"All the stuff about you people being vermin that poison the blood of America, though, we meant that."
Can American citizens living abroad vote?
Puerto Rico needs to be a state already. Washington DC too.
I can just hear those MAGA morons smugly chuckling, "What can they do LOL they can't even vote, fuck 'em!"

No, fuck you.
Why the fuck are US citizens not allowed to vote in a US election?
After Sunday’s rally, a senior adviser for the Trump campain, Danielle Alvarez, said in a statement that Hinchcliffe’s joke did “not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”

His "set" absolutely reflects the views of Trump and his campaign. That is why he felt comfortable saying those things.

It's not like the racism of Tony Hinchcliffe was a secret that he kept carefully hidden from public view which caught the organizers by surprise. It took me about a minute of searching who this guy was before landing on the Tony Hinchcliffe Wikipedia page which covers his racist performance in Austin just 3 years ago.
I look forward to the inevitable exit polls showing just how much Nazi Fest 2024 sank the GröpenFührer/Cöuchfücker ticket.

Come on, sanity! You can do it!
I’ve never understood the whole Puerto Rico situation. Your country was built on the rage of having taxation without representation. Why is it that Puerto Rico isn’t allowed to participate in your elections despite being US citizens?
Tell your hermanos, hermanas, amigos and amigas.
Puerto Ricans cannot vote in general elections despite being U.S. citizens

So, is anyone still under an ilusion that the US is a democracy?
People need to lighten up. I heard his full set and it was hilarious and very toung in cheak *edited
is this a new problem?

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