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BumRushDaShow

(143,261 posts)
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 06:05 PM Oct 31

Trump Tells New Mexico Crowd He's There For 'Simple Reason' -- To Pander To Latinos

Source: Huff Post

Oct 31, 2024, 04:35 PM EDT


Former President Donald Trump admitted to a crowd of supporters that he was only there in Albuquerque, New Mexico, because he thought it would improve his image among Hispanic and Latino voters.

Trump’s popularity among voters in the demographic took a steep dive on Sunday, when a comedian called Puerto Rico an “island of garbage” at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. The former president has refused to offer a personal apology.

“New Mexico, look, don’t make me waste a whole damn half a day here, OK?” Trump told the crowd on Thursday.

“First of all, Hispanics love Trump, they do. True. I like them. They’re smart. They’re a lot smarter than the person running for president on the Democrat side,” he said, once again taking a shot at Vice President Kamala Harris’ abilities. “So I’m here for one simple reason,” Trump said. “I like you very much, and it’s good for my credentials with the Hispanic or Latino community.”

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-new-mexico-hispanic-latino-credentials_n_6723dd51e4b01f6919d97d40

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Trump Tells New Mexico Crowd He's There For 'Simple Reason' -- To Pander To Latinos (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 31 OP
How can i say i hate you without saying i hate you? getagrip_already Oct 31 #1
Keep talking, dumb ass uppityperson Oct 31 #2
Operation "Just let him speak" is working! SeattleVet Oct 31 #3
I like you but I will still deport you, BlueKota Oct 31 #4
They are clueless about the power of Spanish language media. pat_k Oct 31 #5
Many Florida Cubans, especially, need to reevaluate their loyalty to this motherfucker. Sky Jewels Nov 1 #19
And now he's speaking of himself in the third person Lulu KC Oct 31 #6
That is one of his bizarre traits BumRushDaShow Oct 31 #7
Distance itself from itself, just in case it goes wrong (as normal) verargert Oct 31 #8
I think he is literally talking about someone else William Seger Oct 31 #10
I have avoided actually listening to him speak pretty successfully Lulu KC Nov 1 #18
He's been doing that for a long time. BlueKota Oct 31 #12
Disassociation. His hatred of self looms large. Clouds Passing Oct 31 #15
What a dumb move by him and his handlers. NM has been blue for years. brush Oct 31 #9
Everything is transactional for tRump, but has he emotionally started to phone it in? Bernardo de La Paz Oct 31 #11
That's a helluva way to ingratiate yourself with a block of voters. calimary Oct 31 #13
How uncompelling Picaro Oct 31 #14
As a proud resident of the beautiful city of Albuquerque ALBliberal Oct 31 #16
ABQ Journal reports crowd size as 7,000 Clouds Passing Nov 1 #17

getagrip_already

(17,482 posts)
1. How can i say i hate you without saying i hate you?
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 06:08 PM
Oct 31

I dont want to be here any more than you want me here, capish?

BlueKota

(3,678 posts)
4. I like you but I will still deport you,
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 06:18 PM
Oct 31

even if you are a legal U.S. citizen, and take away your children's birthright.

God, I hate the orange creature from hell.

pat_k

(10,879 posts)
5. They are clueless about the power of Spanish language media.
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 06:24 PM
Oct 31

It goes so far beyond angering Puerto Rican Americans. I firmly believe we will see significant erosion of support for MAGA among Hispanic and Latino Americans with roots in Mexico, Central America, South America, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and beyond.

Lulu KC

(4,613 posts)
6. And now he's speaking of himself in the third person
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 06:26 PM
Oct 31

Is this new? Going all Bob Dole on us.

So completely insulting.

William Seger

(11,067 posts)
10. I think he is literally talking about someone else
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 07:09 PM
Oct 31

... i.e. the person he pretends to be -- the image he tries to project -- and using 3rd person is a "tell" that even he knows that's not really him.

Lulu KC

(4,613 posts)
18. I have avoided actually listening to him speak pretty successfully
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 11:18 AM
Nov 1

Apparently more successfully than I could have dreamed! Never noticed it before!

BlueKota

(3,678 posts)
12. He's been doing that for a long time.
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 08:56 PM
Oct 31

I know it's said that people who do that do it as a way of getting their name out for promotion of their business or their campaign. It still comes across as narcissistic and off putting to me.

brush

(57,800 posts)
9. What a dumb move by him and his handlers. NM has been blue for years.
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 06:39 PM
Oct 31

It's not purple like western neighbor state Arizona, or red like eastern neighor state Texas.

Sorry, orange convict, you did waste a trip. That rally in NYC where Puerto Ricans were called garbage has cratered your support with Latinos...ahd it already wasn't a majority.

Bernardo de La Paz

(51,058 posts)
11. Everything is transactional for tRump, but has he emotionally started to phone it in?
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 07:33 PM
Oct 31

But this could be a sign that he has emotionally capitulated. Given up, not caring what people think, lacking in self-discipline? Yes I know the latter is a perpetual problem for him, but more so now?

calimary

(84,482 posts)
13. That's a helluva way to ingratiate yourself with a block of voters.
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 08:59 PM
Oct 31

“New Mexico, look, don’t make me waste a whole damn half a day here, OK?” Seriously??? How does one hear that one-liner without feeling insulted? And he thinks that will endear himself to voters and encourage them to vote for him? WTF???

ALBliberal

(2,873 posts)
16. As a proud resident of the beautiful city of Albuquerque
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 09:22 PM
Oct 31

since 1980 I actually posted on FB how this is just not acceptable. And I don’t do politics on fb (much).

And he had a really hard time getting a venue because he owes our fine city 400K from whenever.

Resorted to have his rally goers do Uber because the buses won’t even service his rally.

Ass.

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