President Donald Trump’s next few days infamous nazi rally At Madison Square Garden, where a comedian called Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash,” Republicans demanded of the people:get over“It’s just their feelings”joke” President Trump walked around claiming he knew nothing talked about this comedian as if the controversy was about his personal Rolodex and not what people were saying in his name with tacit consent at his rallies.
What’s especially interesting is that the racism at this rally wasn’t just simple. break through The cacophony of Trump scandals, but that republican party Who amplified it and made the outcome even worse for Trump and the Republican Party?
Just in case you were wondering, here’s what MAGA comedian Tony Hinchcliffe said to calm the crowd of Trump supporters:
“There’s a lot going on. I don’t know if you know this, but right now there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean. I think it’s called Puerto Rico.”
Then he continued.
“And these Latinos love to have babies,” Hinchcliffe said. “Just know that. That’s right. That’s right. No unplugging. They don’t do that. They come in. Just like they did to our country.”
of “Roast” comedian He continued to make racist jokes about blacks, Jews, and Palestinians. Oddly enough, he never made any jokes about white evangelical conservative men.
Trump and his surrogates may have done something crazy: apologize. The Republican presidential candidate could have taken the stage that night and said, “Well, that’s not what I support.” While doing so completely No matter what he stood for, the media would have fallen for it. Because they love nothing more than to give Trump the benefit of the doubt. But he couldn’t apologize because he believed that. he literally wanted to Swap Puerto Rico for Greenland.
A few days later, President Joe Biden said: rorschach test The text where he said Hinchcliffe was trash, but MAGA pretended he said all Trump supporters were trash. They decide to walk around wearing garbage bags because they are the strangest people in the world. call each other trash. they were still about it this weekend.
The point here is that the world doesn’t live in a stupid little anti-reality bubble of a MAGA world. And in the real world, few people saw Biden’s comments.
But what did Latinos see?
“Nilsa Vega and Nyder Pacheco, both of Hellertown, a borough south of Bethlehem, had never voted before, but Hinchcliffe’s comments were the reason they planned to vote for Harris on Tuesday. said. reported HuffPost. “Mr. Pacheco viewed President Trump’s decision to pose inside a garbage truck at a campaign stop in Wisconsin the next day as a further insult. “If he had nothing to do with it, then he “What are you doing in the garbage truck?” Pacheco asked. ”
By wearing garbage bags, talking about trash, and riding around in garbage trucks, Pennsylvania’s Latinos think Republicans are Republicans. double the insult. And even if Latino voters don’t make that connection, Republicans who keep talking trash are keeping the original story alive. This may be the single best example of how to finally get online 4Chan MAGA Republican They completely lost touch with reality and did a disservice to the party.
And the aftermath is clear. here CNN’s coverage of Latinos in Las Vegas, battleground state Nevada, and even FOX News. covering ring Anger among Latinos in Pennsylvania.
But who needs anecdotal evidence when you have hard data? Blockbuster Univision/YouGov poll The percentage of Latinos in Pennsylvania shows how deeply the trash scandal has hurt the Republican Party.
The poll found that Latinos in the state support Vice President Kamala Harris 64-30. it’s not far From 2020 Exit polls showed that Latinos in the Keystone State voted 69-27 for Biden, overturning conventional wisdom that this was the case for President Trump. advance with non-white voters.
Of those surveyed by Univision, 88% heard about the rally and attack on Puerto Rico. Of those, 69% were offended by the “trash” remark, while only 17% dismissed it as a joke.
“Among Puerto Ricans in Pennsylvania who were particularly affected by remarks made at the rally, 71% said these comments, even if meant as jokes, suggested there was racism within the Trump campaign.” “Yes,” Univision reported. I’d wager that maybe 1% of those surveyed heard about Biden’s remarks.
Additionally, 62% of respondents said they thought President Trump was disrespectful to Latinos, and half said they were more likely to vote for Harris because of these comments.
“While respect for the Latino community remains a priority, Pennsylvania’s Latino voters are also showing interest in candidates’ economic policies,” Univision reported. “However, assuming a choice between a candidate who prioritizes respect for the Latinx community and a candidate who emphasizes economic growth without explicitly condemning racism, the majority would still find a candidate who would be respectful.” This finding suggests that for many Latino voters, cultural respect is an important value that influences their political choices, along with economic concerns.”
For context, 467,000 Puerto Ricans live in Pennsylvania, 115,000 in North Carolina, 65,000 in Wisconsin, and 109,000 in Georgia. As for states with competitive Senate races, 1.15 million Boricuas live in Florida and 230,000 live in Texas.
