Bad Bunny, Ricky Martin, Luis Fonsi, stars of Puerto Rican origin mobilize against Donald Trump, the day after a controversial meeting of the Republican candidate. A comedian named Tony Hinchcliffe made a racist joke there, mocking Puerto Rico.
“A floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean… I think it’s called Puerto Rico,” he said to Trump voters during a meeting organized this Sunday, October 27, at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York.
Bad Bunny thus published an excerpt from a video of the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris remembering Donald Trump’s failures in 2017, after the damage caused by a terrible hurricane on the island, Hurricane María. “He abandoned the island. He tried to block aid after two devastating hurricanes in a row and offered nothing but paper towels and insults”
“This is what they think of us”
Puerto Rico has been a “Commonwealth” since the 1950s, a very special status that links the island to the United States. American citizens, the 3.4 million Puerto Ricans can only vote in the presidential primaries to nominate the candidate of each party.
“This is what they think of us,” Ricky Martin wrote in the caption of the clip featuring Tony Hincliffe. “Vote for Kamala Harris,” adds the singer.
“Are you serious? What a lack of respect!!!”, Luis Fonsi, the singer of Slowlywho also published an extensive message on Instagram:
“I understand humor and I’m a big fan of it. I love mockery, believe me, I get it… but that’s far from humor. Not now. Not against my island, my people. Oh, no.”
“It’s okay to have different opinions and I respect those who think differently than me. But following this racist path is not that. I am very proud to be Puerto Rican, to be Latino.”
“I’m an American too.”
“We do not agree with this constant hatred. It is clear that these people do not respect us, but they do not spit in our voices. And then I wrote this message in English, because yes, I am also an American. “
Tony Hinchcliffe has responded to criticism of X, accusing his critics of having “no sense of humour”. “I love Puerto Rico (…) I made fun of everyone… Look at the whole show,” he justified.
During this meeting at Madison Square Garden, comedian Tony Hincliffe also attacked Latin Americans.
“There are so many of them”
“Latinos love having babies (…) They don’t retire. They don’t do that. They go back, like they did with our country.”
“Where are my Latinos tonight?” he also asked, before adding, in response to the numerous responses from the audience: “You see what I mean, it is very open (the border, nd). “
The Latino vote is a crucial issue for the candidates. Traditionally Democratic supporters, Hispanic voters – estimated at 36 million – are increasingly tempted to vote for Trump. A recent New York Times survey gives 57% voting intention in the Hispanic community for Kamala Harris, which demonstrates the erosion of this support. It was 65% in 2016 and 2020 who gave their vote to Hillary Clinton and then to Joe Biden.
The support of Bad Bunny, followed by 45 million subscribers on Instagram, Ricky Martin, 18.6 million subscribers, and Luis Fonsi, 16 million subscribers, is, therefore, fully appreciable for the Democratic candidate.
Source: BFM TV
