Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin Boost Kamala Harris After Trump Rally Speaker Bashes Puerto Rico

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Source: Variety

Oct 27, 2024 5:51pm PT


Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin were among the notable industry figures who boosted Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Sunday after a speaker at Donald Trump‘s political rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden called Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage.” The starkly racist comment stirred outrage among prominent Puerto Ricans and many others in media and entertainment.

“There’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico,” said Tony Hinchcliffe, a comedian and podcaster who was one of many speakers before Trump took the stage at the famed concert arena on Sunday evening.

Hinchcliffe’s comments were a offensive low even for a Trump rally, as evidenced by the muted response from the crowd. Hinchcliffe immediately and defensively responded “OK, OK” as he heard scattered boos and little applause. Hinchcliffe made other grossly derogatory statements about Latino and Black people earlier his remarks.

In response, Bad Bunny, one of the world’s biggest music superstar with more than 45 million Instagram followers, boosted Harris’ campaign video targeting voters in Puerto Rico and noting what a contentious relationship that Trump had with the island during his tenure in the White House. Lopez posted Harris campaign material targeted at Puerto Rico as well as the same video pitch that Bad Bunny boosted.

Read more: https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/bad-bunny-jennifer-lopez-respond-trump-puerto-rico-1236192090/

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Full headline: Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin Boost Kamala Harris After Trump Rally Speaker Bashes Puerto Rico as a ‘Floating Island of Garbage’

[SunSeeker]

1. And Hinchcliffe's statements were put on the TELEPROMPTER at MSG by the Trump campaign.

Like the rest of the speakers who took the stage before Trump, Hinchcliffe’s remarks were pre-loaded into a teleprompter, indicating that they would likely have been vetted by the campaign in advance.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-campaign-scrambles-to-disavow-tony-hinchcliffes-racist-msg-rally-joke/

So the Trump campaign KNEW he was going to say that! Too late to disavow it now!

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Bad Bunny had released a video on Instagram promoting Harris/Walz

but obviously DU doesn't render that. Am hunting around for a youtube version.

Here in Philly, we have the 2nd largest number of resident Puerto Ricans behind NYC. I hope ALL of those Caribbean island-descendant folks WAKE UP - and especially the panoply who live in Florida (Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Haitians, Jamaicans, Cubans who aren't brainwashed by the GOP, etc.).