WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – Supporters plural or supporter apostrophe S?
A word from a president is blurring the picture of a racist joke told at another president’s rally and the response.
And given the state of the race for the White House, the Latino community could play an essential role in deciding the winner.
“Let me be clear, I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for,” said Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday.
The vice president had to clean up for President Joe Biden the day after the president made this comment Tuesday night.
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter’s. His, his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and it’s un-American,” said Biden on a fundraising Zoom call with Latino voters.
Biden was responding to a disparaging joke comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made about Puerto Rico and the Latino community Sunday at a rally for former President Donald Trump.
On Sunday, Hinchcliffe said, “There’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. Yeah, I think it’s called Puerto Rico.”
It was not long after that the Trump campaign put out a statement saying, “This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”
“This comedian didn‘t get on that stage by accident,” said Juan Proaño, CEO of LULAC, the country’s oldest Latino civil rights organization.
On Tuesday, Trump embraced what came from the event, but did not directly address the comedian’s comments.
Trump said, “It was like a love fest, an absolute love fest and it was my honor to be involved.”
But on Wednesday, Trump said Biden was talking about people who back him and not the comedian.
“Joe Biden finally said what he and Kamala really think of our supporters. He called them garbage,” said the former president at a rally in North Carolina.
That drew a response from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre who said what Trump claims is not true.
“He does not view Trump’s supporters or anybody who supports Trump as garbage,” said Jean-Pierre.
Meanwhile, the fallout continues from Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally.
Proaño said, “It just really feeds into the negative stereotypes that folks have about Latinos in the United States.”
LULAC’s Super PAC endorsed Harris this summer. It was the group’s first presidential endorsement in its 95-year existence.
Proaño said, given the millions of Latinos in swing states, he believes this could make the difference in Tuesday’s election.
“In any case where you may have a Latino who is still undecided, my sense is that that vote is going to go against him, certainly if they’re Puerto Rican,” said Proaño.
According to the Latino voting rights group LIBRE, there are four million more Hispanics eligible to vote in this election versus 2020, accounting for 14 percent of the entire voting pool.
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