I said you're right, you nailed it! Because people are saying. I believe.

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Actually, yes, that's exactly what seems to be happening. People who weren't motivated to vote are now saying they're going to vote for Harris. People who were undecided now say they'll be voting for Harris too. And people said they were voting for trump, like the president of the Puerto Rican Republican Party, now say they won't vote for trump unless he apologizes. Lol. Lmao even.

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Do you have anything to back up those assertions?

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Here you go!

Trump's Puerto Rico fallout is 'spreading like wildfire' in Pennsylvania

Donald Trump has a serious Puerto Rico problem in Pennsylvania.

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, particularly nearly half a million Pennsylvanians of Puerto Rican descent.

Evidence of the backlash was immediate on Monday: A nonpartisan Puerto Rican group drafted a letter urging its members to oppose Trump on election day. Other Puerto Rican voters were lighting up WhatsApp chats with reactions to the vulgar display and raising it in morning conversations at their bodegas. Some are planning to protest Trump's rally Tuesday in Allentown, a majority-Latino city with one of the largest Puerto Rican populations in the state.

And the arena Trump is speaking at is located in the middle of the city's Puerto Rican neighborhood.
"It's spreading like wildfire through the community," said Norberto Dominguez, a precinct captain with the local Democratic party in Allentown, who noted his own family is half Republican and half Democratic voters.

"It's not the smartest thing to do, to insult people a large group of voters here in a swing state and then go to their home asking for votes," Dominguez said.

The timing couldn't be worse for Trump. Almost a week before Election Day, he's pushing to cut into Harris' margins among Latinos, especially young men who are worried about the economy. But the comments from pro-Trump comedian Tony Hinchcliffe Sunday night, referring to Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage," has reverberated throughout Pennsylvania and elsewhere, prompting even the former president's Republican allies to defend the island and denounce the comments. And with the race essentially a toss up, every vote counts especially in Pennsylvania.

"This was just like a gift from the gods," said Victor Martinez, an Allentown resident who owns the Spanish language radio station La Mega, noting some Puerto Rican voters in the area have been on the fence about voting at all.

"If we weren't engaged before, we're all paying attention now," Martinez said. He added the morning radio show he hosts was chock-full of callers Monday sounding off on the Trump rally comments, including a Puerto Rican Trump supporter who is now telling people not to vote for the former president.

In response to questions on the comments, and whether Trump was planning to publicly denounce them, Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement, "Due to President Trump's plans to cut taxes, end inflation, and stop the surge of illegal immigrants at the southern border, he has more support from the Hispanic American community than any Republican in recent history."

Local Democrats like Dominguez argue the fallout at the very least reminds Puerto Rican voters of Trump's previous comments about the island, calling it "dirty" and tossing paper towels to survivors during a 2017 visit after Hurricane Maria devastated the island and killed more than 2,000 people.

And in a sign of how worried local residents are, a school district in Allentown announced Monday morning that it had canceled classes for Tuesday, when Trump visits.

The Trump campaign has tried to distance itself from the comedian's comments about Puerto Ricans and Latinos. Danielle Alvarez, senior adviser to the Trump campaign, said Sunday evening that the "joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign." Another Trump adviser said the speakers' remarks were not vetted prior to the rally. Key Republican lawmakers in Florida, New York and other states with large Puerto Rican populations quickly denounced the comments, saying it didn't reflect GOP values.

But other Trump allies, and his running mate JD Vance, have downplayed the rhetoric as just jokes. During a rally in Wisconsin Monday, Vance said that he had not heard the joke and that "maybe it's a stupid racist joke" or "maybe it's not" but Harris saying people should get offended by a comedian's jokes is "not the message of a winning campaign."

"Our country was built by frontiersmen who conquered the wilderness," Vance said. "We're not going to restore the greatness of American civilization if we get offended at every little thing. Let's have a sense of humor and let's have a little fun."

At a rally on Monday night in Racine, Wisconsin, Vance said that he was not worried "that a joke that a comedian who has no affiliation with Donald Trump's campaign told," would cost the campaign votes among minority groups in swing states. "I just don't buy that. I don't think that's how most Americans think, whatever the color of their skin," he said.

Donald Trump Jr. and other MAGA Republicans have shared social media posts with a similar message.
But at least one local Republican is denouncing the remarks.

"The comments made by this so-called 'comedian' at Madison Square Garden weren't funny, they were offensive and wrong," state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie told POLITICO. The Republican is locked in a close race against Democratic Rep. Susan Wild, who represents Allentown and a key part of the swingy Lehigh Valley. Mackenzie said he was still looking forward to Trump's visit.

And, some Pennsylvania GOP strategists, even as they tried to downplay the electoral fallout, acknowledged it was an unforced error at the very least.

Jimmy Zumba, a Latino GOP strategist based in the Lehigh Valley, called them "stupid comments," that were clearly not based on the immigration and crime themes that Republicans have tried to hammer this cycle.
"Obviously I would love to be talking about that, to be on the offense on that, but right now we're on the defense trying to defend comments that are not from the campaign or President Trump," Zumba said, adding he didn't believe the matter is "going to shift completely a Latino vote."

But many local Puerto Rican community members are unwilling to let go of the comments.

Roberto L. Lugo, President of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Puerto Rican Agenda, said the nonpartisan group will be releasing a letter, shared exclusively with POLITICO, condemning the comments and urging Pennsylvania Puerto Ricans not to vote for Trump. Lugo, who was born in Puerto Rico and now lives in Philadelphia, said Pennsylvania Puerto Ricans are "really disturbed" over the comments.

"I'm not a Republican, I'm not a Democrat, I'm independent," Lugo said. "But at this point, it's not about political, partisan issues. It is about the respect and honor our Puerto Ricans and Latinos deserved as citizens and legal residents of this country, that's the issue."

"We held Trump and his campaign responsible for this disgraceful act," he added.

State Rep. Danilo Burgos, co-chair of the "Latinos con Harris" group in Pennsylvania, said residents have spread the comments on social media and within Philadelphia's Puerto Rican community.

"I saw two ladies in particular saying they were considering voting for Trump, but they're not now," he said, "because of the comments."

He also said that Puerto Rican megastar Bad Bunny's endorsement of Harris could be a game changer in Pennsylvania, arguing that a third-party candidate in Puerto Rico's governor's election surged from a double-digit deficit because the superstar got involved. Bad Bunny has not endorsed a candidate in that race, but has paid for billboards opposing Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon's New Progressive Party.

"She was running away with the election," he said. "Now that election is a statistical tie."

Notably, Donald Trump Jr., Trump's son, made a stop in Allentown on Monday, ahead of a planned event in Coplay, Pennsylvania, a Lehigh Valley borough outside Allentown.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Monday also noted Trump made the choice not to distance himself from the comments.

"If Donald Trump really wanted to disassociate himself with that, the first thing he would have said when he came onto the stage at Madison Square Garden was, 'hey, listen, I heard that person's attempt at humor. It was not funny. I stand with the Puerto Rican community,'" Shapiro told a local talk news radio station in northeast Pennsylvania. "He didn't do that."

Republicans have been eager to peel away Puerto Rican and Latino voters from Democrats in Pennsylvania and other swing states. Trump actually made gains among voters in North Philadelphia's Puerto Rican-dominated neighborhoods in 2020. Harris sought to shore up her support in the neighborhood during a Sunday visit to Freddy and Tony's, a local Puerto Rican restaurant, where she was speaking about her plans for the island around the same time that Trump's rally featured the disparaging comments.

Kenny Perez, an employee at Freddy and Tony's, said in an interview at the restaurant on Monday that he's often turned off by politics and normally doesn't vote. But he condemned the Trump rally comments and said while he's still deciding, this year, he thinks he'll vote for Harris and "definitely not for Trump."

"I think he gave Kamala a boost," Perez added.

Other Puerto Ricans want an apology from Trump himself.

"They should think before they put a person in front of millions of people to talk like that and joke like that," said Ivonne Concepion, who also lives in North Philadelphia. "He's gotta say 'perdon,' not just sorry, but from here," she said pointing to her chest.

Wow - the President of the Puerto Rican Republican Party is threatening to un-endorse and not for Trump unless he apologizes for the comments made at the MSG rally. Really is a political earthquake in Puerto Rican politics right now https://t.co/khd5QYmImz

— Blake Allen (@Blake_Allen13) October 29, 2024

At least you have something to cling to. Again, too little, too late. (And for the record, more people are offended by your party's obsession with Hitler).

Really dumb on trumps campaigns to do this , but if someone was voting for trump now not cause of a ioke they never were

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It doesn't seem to be impacting the polls or the betting lines. Keep up hope. It's going to make next Tuesday more fun. Several libs have already disappeared because they know Kamala is a terrible candidate and a moron.

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lmaoooo y'all crack me up "betting lines" bwahahaha

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Why is this funny you inow know anything about gambling?

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It doesn't seem to be impacting the polls or the betting lines. Keep up hope. It's going to make next Tuesday more fun. Several libs have already disappeared because they know Kamala is a terrible candidate and a moron.

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lmaoooo y'all crack me up "betting lines" bwahahaha

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Why is this funny you inow know anything about gambling?

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It's extremely funny that so many of y'all are using polymarket as your basis that trump is going to win when the only reason trump is so far ahead of Harris there is because some French whale made a $30M bet a couple of weeks ago and moved the lines.

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At least you have something to cling to. Again, too little, too late. (And for the record, more people are offended by your party's obsession with Hitler).

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Sure, man. Whatever you have to tell yourself.

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It doesn't seem to be impacting the polls or the betting lines. Keep up hope. It's going to make next Tuesday more fun. Several libs have already disappeared because they know Kamala is a terrible candidate and a moron.

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lmaoooo y'all crack me up "betting lines" bwahahaha

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Why is this funny you inow know anything about gambling?

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It's extremely funny that so many of y'all are using polymarket as your basis that trump is going to win when the only reason trump is so far ahead of Harris there is because some French whale made a $30M bet a couple of weeks ago and moved the lines.

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Yea you know nothing about gambling

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At least you have something to cling to. Again, too little, too late. (And for the record, more people are offended by your party's obsession with Hitler).

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Sure, man. Whatever you have to tell yourself.

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The i know you are but what am i response lol

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It doesn't seem to be impacting the polls or the betting lines. Keep up hope. It's going to make next Tuesday more fun. Several libs have already disappeared because they know Kamala is a terrible candidate and a moron.

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lmaoooo y'all crack me up "betting lines" bwahahaha

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Why is this funny you inow know anything about gambling?

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It's extremely funny that so many of y'all are using polymarket as your basis that trump is going to win when the only reason trump is so far ahead of Harris there is because some French whale made a $30M bet a couple of weeks ago and moved the lines.

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Last I saw on a single website, that does show the amounts bet openly, there was well over 200 million bet on that single site and that had to be a week ago

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Yea you know nothing about gambling

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Yeah, you know what, you're totally right. A bunch of foreigners making multimillion dollar crypto bets are the best predictor of how Americans will vote. Brilliant!

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Yea you know nothing about gambling

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Yeah, you know what, you're totally right. A bunch of foreigners making multimillion dollar crypto bets are the best predictor of how Americans will vote. Brilliant!

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Did i say that im just pointing you dont understand what moves lines

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Yea you know nothing about gambling

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Yeah, you know what, you're totally right. A bunch of foreigners making multimillion dollar crypto bets are the best predictor of how Americans will vote. Brilliant!

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You triggered brah?

At the book i use bookmaker.eu Trump is -201 to win do you know what that means ? Nothing to do with some crypto dork in france

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At the book i use bookmaker.eu Trump is -201 to win do you know what that means ? Nothing to do with some crypto dork in france

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For reference, South Carolina is +110 right now.

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Yea you know nothing about gambling

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Yeah, you know what, you're totally right. A bunch of foreigners making multimillion dollar crypto bets are the best predictor of how Americans will vote. Brilliant!

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You triggered brah?

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oh i'm super triggered about how y'all are placing all your faith on polymarket. you ought to trigger me even more by converting everything you own into crypto, getting a vpn, and investing your entire net worth on a sure bet.

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Yea you know nothing about gambling

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Yeah, you know what, you're totally right. A bunch of foreigners making multimillion dollar crypto bets are the best predictor of how Americans will vote. Brilliant!

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You triggered brah?

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oh i'm super triggered about how y'all are placing all your faith on polymarket. you ought to trigger me even more by converting everything you own into crypto, getting a vpn, and investing your entire net worth on a sure bet.

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You might want to check out other threads detailing polls

It's not looking good Mr Dude for Harris

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Yeah, you know what, you're totally right. A bunch of foreigners making multimillion dollar crypto bets are the best predictor of how Americans will vote. Brilliant!

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You triggered brah?

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oh i'm super triggered about how y'all are placing all your faith on polymarket. you ought to trigger me even more by converting everything you own into crypto, getting a vpn, and investing your entire net worth on a sure bet.

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Its not just poly market

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You triggered brah?

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oh i'm super triggered about how y'all are placing all your faith on polymarket. you ought to trigger me even more by converting everything you own into crypto, getting a vpn, and investing your entire net worth on a sure bet.

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11 of your first 12 posts here are on the "***** OFFICIAL TRUMP IMPEACHMENT THREAD *****" thread.

First post, making 12/12 initial posts, was about Aaron Rich suing against Seth Rich conspiracies.

Can you possibly show your hand and bias any more?

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11 of your first 12 posts here are on the "***** OFFICIAL TRUMP IMPEACHMENT THREAD *****" thread.

First post, making 12/12 initial posts, was about Aaron Rich suing against Seth Rich conspiracies.

Can you possibly show your hand and bias any more?

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oh were you under the impression that i'm pretending to be a republican??? bwahahaha good one.

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11 of your first 12 posts here are on the "***** OFFICIAL TRUMP IMPEACHMENT THREAD *****" thread.

First post, making 12/12 initial posts, was about Aaron Rich suing against Seth Rich conspiracies.

Can you possibly show your hand and bias any more?

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oh were you under the impression that i'm pretending to be a republican??? bwahahaha good one.

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Don't try to purport yourself as any thing other than a far left poster wanting to disrupt normal discussion.

I love when we have libertarian or democrat posters who want to actually discuss and debate. Troll lefties rank about as high as swifties with me.

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11 of your first 12 posts here are on the "***** OFFICIAL TRUMP IMPEACHMENT THREAD *****" thread.

First post, making 12/12 initial posts, was about Aaron Rich suing against Seth Rich conspiracies.

Can you possibly show your hand and bias any more?

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oh were you under the impression that i'm pretending to be a republican??? bwahahaha good one.

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No, just intelligent.

Back on topic:

🚨🚨 The shock comic who opened for Trump at MSG was planning to call Harris a "c*nt" in his set. It got flagged by the campaign. @MarcACaputo scoops. https://t.co/48HXjm07XN

— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 28, 2024

This means that all his other comments didn't get flagged, and thus had implicit approval from the campaign. So much for those "jokes" "not reflect[ing] the views of President Trump or the campaign." Gonna be tough to sell that one when the campaign thought calling Harris a **** was going to far, but calling Puerto Rico a floating pile of trash wasn't.

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🚨🚨 The shock comic who opened for Trump at MSG was planning to call Harris a "c*nt" in his set. It got flagged by the campaign. @MarcACaputo scoops. https://t.co/48HXjm07XN

— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 28, 2024

This means that all his other comments didn't get flagged, and thus had implicit approval from the campaign. So much for those "jokes" "not reflect[ing] the views of President Trump or the campaign." Gonna be tough to sell that one when the campaign thought calling Harris a **** was going to far, but calling Puerto Rico a floating pile of trash wasn't.

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I totally believe that and no one cares

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Actually, yes, that's exactly what seems to be happening. People who weren't motivated to vote are now saying they're going to vote for Harris. People who were undecided now say they'll be voting for Harris too. And people said they were voting for trump, like the president of the Puerto Rican Republican Party, now say they won't vote for trump unless he apologizes. Lol. Lmao even.

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Do you have anything to back up those assertions?

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Here you go!

Trump's Puerto Rico fallout is 'spreading like wildfire' in Pennsylvania

Donald Trump has a serious Puerto Rico problem in Pennsylvania.

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, particularly nearly half a million Pennsylvanians of Puerto Rican descent.

Evidence of the backlash was immediate on Monday: A nonpartisan Puerto Rican group drafted a letter urging its members to oppose Trump on election day. Other Puerto Rican voters were lighting up WhatsApp chats with reactions to the vulgar display and raising it in morning conversations at their bodegas. Some are planning to protest Trump's rally Tuesday in Allentown, a majority-Latino city with one of the largest Puerto Rican populations in the state.

And the arena Trump is speaking at is located in the middle of the city's Puerto Rican neighborhood.
"It's spreading like wildfire through the community," said Norberto Dominguez, a precinct captain with the local Democratic party in Allentown, who noted his own family is half Republican and half Democratic voters.

"It's not the smartest thing to do, to insult people a large group of voters here in a swing state and then go to their home asking for votes," Dominguez said.

The timing couldn't be worse for Trump. Almost a week before Election Day, he's pushing to cut into Harris' margins among Latinos, especially young men who are worried about the economy. But the comments from pro-Trump comedian Tony Hinchcliffe Sunday night, referring to Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage," has reverberated throughout Pennsylvania and elsewhere, prompting even the former president's Republican allies to defend the island and denounce the comments. And with the race essentially a toss up, every vote counts especially in Pennsylvania.

"This was just like a gift from the gods," said Victor Martinez, an Allentown resident who owns the Spanish language radio station La Mega, noting some Puerto Rican voters in the area have been on the fence about voting at all.

"If we weren't engaged before, we're all paying attention now," Martinez said. He added the morning radio show he hosts was chock-full of callers Monday sounding off on the Trump rally comments, including a Puerto Rican Trump supporter who is now telling people not to vote for the former president.

In response to questions on the comments, and whether Trump was planning to publicly denounce them, Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement, "Due to President Trump's plans to cut taxes, end inflation, and stop the surge of illegal immigrants at the southern border, he has more support from the Hispanic American community than any Republican in recent history."

Local Democrats like Dominguez argue the fallout at the very least reminds Puerto Rican voters of Trump's previous comments about the island, calling it "dirty" and tossing paper towels to survivors during a 2017 visit after Hurricane Maria devastated the island and killed more than 2,000 people.

And in a sign of how worried local residents are, a school district in Allentown announced Monday morning that it had canceled classes for Tuesday, when Trump visits.

The Trump campaign has tried to distance itself from the comedian's comments about Puerto Ricans and Latinos. Danielle Alvarez, senior adviser to the Trump campaign, said Sunday evening that the "joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign." Another Trump adviser said the speakers' remarks were not vetted prior to the rally. Key Republican lawmakers in Florida, New York and other states with large Puerto Rican populations quickly denounced the comments, saying it didn't reflect GOP values.

But other Trump allies, and his running mate JD Vance, have downplayed the rhetoric as just jokes. During a rally in Wisconsin Monday, Vance said that he had not heard the joke and that "maybe it's a stupid racist joke" or "maybe it's not" but Harris saying people should get offended by a comedian's jokes is "not the message of a winning campaign."

"Our country was built by frontiersmen who conquered the wilderness," Vance said. "We're not going to restore the greatness of American civilization if we get offended at every little thing. Let's have a sense of humor and let's have a little fun."

At a rally on Monday night in Racine, Wisconsin, Vance said that he was not worried "that a joke that a comedian who has no affiliation with Donald Trump's campaign told," would cost the campaign votes among minority groups in swing states. "I just don't buy that. I don't think that's how most Americans think, whatever the color of their skin," he said.

Donald Trump Jr. and other MAGA Republicans have shared social media posts with a similar message.
But at least one local Republican is denouncing the remarks.

"The comments made by this so-called 'comedian' at Madison Square Garden weren't funny, they were offensive and wrong," state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie told POLITICO. The Republican is locked in a close race against Democratic Rep. Susan Wild, who represents Allentown and a key part of the swingy Lehigh Valley. Mackenzie said he was still looking forward to Trump's visit.

And, some Pennsylvania GOP strategists, even as they tried to downplay the electoral fallout, acknowledged it was an unforced error at the very least.

Jimmy Zumba, a Latino GOP strategist based in the Lehigh Valley, called them "stupid comments," that were clearly not based on the immigration and crime themes that Republicans have tried to hammer this cycle.
"Obviously I would love to be talking about that, to be on the offense on that, but right now we're on the defense trying to defend comments that are not from the campaign or President Trump," Zumba said, adding he didn't believe the matter is "going to shift completely a Latino vote."

But many local Puerto Rican community members are unwilling to let go of the comments.

Roberto L. Lugo, President of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Puerto Rican Agenda, said the nonpartisan group will be releasing a letter, shared exclusively with POLITICO, condemning the comments and urging Pennsylvania Puerto Ricans not to vote for Trump. Lugo, who was born in Puerto Rico and now lives in Philadelphia, said Pennsylvania Puerto Ricans are "really disturbed" over the comments.

"I'm not a Republican, I'm not a Democrat, I'm independent," Lugo said. "But at this point, it's not about political, partisan issues. It is about the respect and honor our Puerto Ricans and Latinos deserved as citizens and legal residents of this country, that's the issue."

"We held Trump and his campaign responsible for this disgraceful act," he added.

State Rep. Danilo Burgos, co-chair of the "Latinos con Harris" group in Pennsylvania, said residents have spread the comments on social media and within Philadelphia's Puerto Rican community.

"I saw two ladies in particular saying they were considering voting for Trump, but they're not now," he said, "because of the comments."

He also said that Puerto Rican megastar Bad Bunny's endorsement of Harris could be a game changer in Pennsylvania, arguing that a third-party candidate in Puerto Rico's governor's election surged from a double-digit deficit because the superstar got involved. Bad Bunny has not endorsed a candidate in that race, but has paid for billboards opposing Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon's New Progressive Party.

"She was running away with the election," he said. "Now that election is a statistical tie."

Notably, Donald Trump Jr., Trump's son, made a stop in Allentown on Monday, ahead of a planned event in Coplay, Pennsylvania, a Lehigh Valley borough outside Allentown.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Monday also noted Trump made the choice not to distance himself from the comments.

"If Donald Trump really wanted to disassociate himself with that, the first thing he would have said when he came onto the stage at Madison Square Garden was, 'hey, listen, I heard that person's attempt at humor. It was not funny. I stand with the Puerto Rican community,'" Shapiro told a local talk news radio station in northeast Pennsylvania. "He didn't do that."

Republicans have been eager to peel away Puerto Rican and Latino voters from Democrats in Pennsylvania and other swing states. Trump actually made gains among voters in North Philadelphia's Puerto Rican-dominated neighborhoods in 2020. Harris sought to shore up her support in the neighborhood during a Sunday visit to Freddy and Tony's, a local Puerto Rican restaurant, where she was speaking about her plans for the island around the same time that Trump's rally featured the disparaging comments.

Kenny Perez, an employee at Freddy and Tony's, said in an interview at the restaurant on Monday that he's often turned off by politics and normally doesn't vote. But he condemned the Trump rally comments and said while he's still deciding, this year, he thinks he'll vote for Harris and "definitely not for Trump."

"I think he gave Kamala a boost," Perez added.

Other Puerto Ricans want an apology from Trump himself.

"They should think before they put a person in front of millions of people to talk like that and joke like that," said Ivonne Concepion, who also lives in North Philadelphia. "He's gotta say 'perdon,' not just sorry, but from here," she said pointing to her chest.

Wow - the President of the Puerto Rican Republican Party is threatening to un-endorse and not for Trump unless he apologizes for the comments made at the MSG rally. Really is a political earthquake in Puerto Rican politics right now https://t.co/khd5QYmImz

— Blake Allen (@Blake_Allen13) October 29, 2024

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You really believe this is all organic? Over a comedian? Have you considered this all the opposition could come up with?

In the end not one of my Mexican friends cares. They are voting Trump!

Jon Stewart thinks this is dishonest offense acting. Liberal king saying unclench. The reason Trump has a shot at winning despite an unending media blitz against him is people are genuinely tired of uptight.

Jon Stewart is spot on here. Even he thinks the outrage over MSG is BS. pic.twitter.com/IGnURSV7qp

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 29, 2024

This might change some peoples minds, but not the wave the Dems hope for. A person that listened to a decade of Trump is racist, very fine people white supremacist claims and came out the other side saying "I'll vote for that guy." Isn't going to suddenly think "you know what, I know that guys a comedian, but I just can't stand the joke."

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🚨🚨 The shock comic who opened for Trump at MSG was planning to call Harris a "c*nt" in his set. It got flagged by the campaign. @MarcACaputo scoops. https://t.co/48HXjm07XN

— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 28, 2024

This means that all his other comments didn't get flagged, and thus had implicit approval from the campaign. So much for those "jokes" "not reflect[ing] the views of President Trump or the campaign." Gonna be tough to sell that one when the campaign thought calling Harris a **** was going to far, but calling Puerto Rico a floating pile of trash wasn't.

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This is what an emotional voter looks like.....

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Did i say that im just pointing you dont understand what moves lines

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No offense but from your posts you don't understand how the election prediction websites works. There are no lines set by the house. You're buying shares from other bettors. There isn't a house taking unlimited bets.

It's more equivalent to the stock market and not a sports book. I'm not putting you down. Just educating you.

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If there are people who have listened to Harris and Trump speak and who have also considered the candidates' past performance and track record and let this joke decide how they're voting, then America doesn't deserve Trump. Instead, America deserves what it gets if she wins.

Kill Tony has had 370+ million views in 2024. Trump is going after the disenfranchised Gen Z.

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Jon Stewart thinks this is dishonest offense acting. Liberal king saying unclench. The reason Trump has a shot at winning despite an unending media blitz against him is people are genuinely tired of uptight.

Jon Stewart is spot on here. Even he thinks the outrage over MSG is BS. pic.twitter.com/IGnURSV7qp

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 29, 2024

This might change some peoples minds, but not the wave the Dems hope for. A person that listened to a decade of Trump is racist, very fine people white supremacist claims and came out the other side saying "I'll vote for that guy." Isn't going to suddenly think "you know what, I know that guys a comedian, but I just can't stand the joke."

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Jon Stewart is funny:

"Having that guy go to a rally and not do roast jokes is like having Beyonc at a rally and not …. Oh well."

Yeah, another unforced error by the Trump campaign. Sometimes they just can't get out of their own way.

It wasn't an election prediction website. I said the line. That is a gambling term. Offshore books take bets on the election, illegal for NV books, and right now Trump is -190. Highest he has been. You are absolutely wagering against the house. So no offense but you have no idea what you are talking about.

I know there are probably two or maybe even 4 undecided voters out there still awaiting further comment on this from Jimmy Kimmel, before making their minds up about voting for Trump in a week. How does one delineate what racially tinged jokes are acceptable?

Jokes are bad, unless you're Jimmy Kimmel in blackface, pretending to be an obese Oprah, while violently jumping on your Latina housekeeper.

These people are insufferable with their hypocrisy. @mazemoore pic.twitter.com/Dr3qkEG8eY

— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) October 28, 2024

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Yeah, another unforced error by the Trump campaign. Sometimes they just can't get out of their own way.

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I call out Trump every time he does something stupid, and to his credit, there hasn't been much of that the past couple months. Even in this case, a staffer made the call to bring in this comedian... it's not as if Trump told the bad joke. Bad decision on the staffer's part for sure, but it's a mole hill, not a mountain. Big wins recently for Trump with the McDonalds fry-cook stint and the Rogan podcast, among others.

Kamala by contrast, has been crashing almost daily due to her sheer incompetence.