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Evening Report — Trump camp seeks to contain Puerto Rico fallout
Evening Report
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Trump camp seeks to contain Puerto Rico fallout
Former President Trump will visit the majority-Hispanic city of Allentown, Pa., on Tuesday evening, as his campaign seeks to quell the outcry over comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes about Latinos and Puerto Rico from a Madison Square Garden rally over the weekend.
As The Hill's Niall Stanage writes, "The Trump campaign is struggling to contain an October surprise of its own making, just one week from Election Day."
So far, Trump has refused to acknowledge the controversy.
In an interview with ABC’s Rachel Scott, Trump said he didn’t hear what was said.
“I don’t know him; someone put him up there. I don’t know who he is.”
Instead, Trump described the Madison Square Garden rally as a “love fest” and accused Vice President Harris of running a “campaign of hate.”
- Republicans in states with large numbers of Puerto Ricans, including the GOP’s two Florida senators, rebuked Hinchcliffe.
- Trump's spokesperson said Hinchcliffe’s remarks do not reflect the views of the campaign.
Is the controversy a meaningless media frenzy or is it a potential October surprise?
- According to Pew Research, Pennsylvania has the fourth largest population of Puerto Ricans in the country.
- There are more than 30,000 voters of Puerto Rican heritage in Allentown, where Trump will campaign on Tuesday night.
The Hill’s Rafael Bernal writes: “Though the Trump campaign and many individual Republicans have disavowed Hinchcliffe’s set, the fracas opened a window for Vice President Harris to make a last-minute pitch to low-propensity voters who could help decide the election … the timing of the Madison Square Garden rally played in favor of Harris, who on the same day released a set of policy proposals for the U.S. territory.”
- Puerto Rico’s largest newspaper, El Nuevo Día, endorsed Harris on Tuesday, saying she “directly addresses Puerto Rico’s pressing emergencies.”
- Puerto Rico’s GOP Chair Ángel Cintrón says he will not vote for Trump in Puerto Rico’s symbolic presidential poll on Election Day unless he personally apologizes.
- Puerto Rico’s Catholic archbishop also called on Trump........
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