The US election is very tight with different polls showing different results. Alienating a large swath of voters so close to the election does seem to be risky.
A speaker at Trump's rally in New York on Sunday referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating pile of garbage”:
- "There's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it's called Puerto Rico."
- He said it was a joke.
On the other side, Harris has released policy proposals to support the island.
The combination of the two different approaches has led to a string of endorsements for Harris from high-profile Puerto Ricans and other Latins including:
- Luis Fonsi
- JLo
- Ricky Martin
- Bad Bunny
- Geraldo Rivera
Note that residents of Puerto Rico cannot vote in U.S. presidential elections despite being American citizens. More than 5 million people of Puerto Rican origin living on the mainland can vote.
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I didn't quite have to Google Bad Bunny. Heard of him, but he's not as big in Australia as he is in the Americas.