US election – Trump speaker calls Puerto Rico a pile of garbage, immediate backlash

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.

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.