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

[BumRushDaShow]

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

[getagrip_already]

1. How can i say i hate you without saying i hate you?

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

[uppityperson]

2. Keep talking, dumb ass

Meaning trump

[SeattleVet]

3. Operation "Just let him speak" is working!

Self-inflicted October Surprise.

[BlueKota]

4. I like you but I will still deport you,

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]

5. They are clueless about the power of Spanish language media.

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.

[Sky Jewels]

19. Many Florida Cubans, especially, need to reevaluate their loyalty to this motherfucker.

[Lulu KC]

6. And now he's speaking of himself in the third person

Is this new? Going all Bob Dole on us.

So completely insulting.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. That is one of his bizarre traits

to do the "3rd person" thing to describe himself and his actions.

[verargert]

8. Distance itself from itself, just in case it goes wrong (as normal)

[William Seger]

10. I think he is literally talking about someone else

... 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]

18. I have avoided actually listening to him speak pretty successfully

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

[BlueKota]

12. He's been doing that for a long time.

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.

[Clouds Passing]

15. Disassociation. His hatred of self looms large.

[brush]

9. What a dumb move by him and his handlers. NM has been blue for years.

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]

11. Everything is transactional for tRump, but has he emotionally started to phone it in?

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]

13. That's a helluva way to ingratiate yourself with a block of voters.

“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???

[Picaro]

14. How uncompelling

Really interesting closing arguments.

Never seen a campaign behave this way.

[ALBliberal]

16. As a proud resident of the beautiful city of Albuquerque

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.

[Clouds Passing]

17. ABQ Journal reports crowd size as 7,000

“About seven-thousand people attend a campaign rally with former President Donald Trump, at the CSI Aviation Inc. Hangar, in Albuquerque, Thursday, October 31, 2024.“

https://www.abqjournal.com/multimedia/former-president-donald-trump-holds-a-campaign-rally-in-albuquerque/collection_4698bc58-97e2-11ef-aa3d-73306da49b82.html#1