A comedian's controversial “floating trash” joke about Puerto Rico at a rally for Republican President-elect Donald Trump in the final days before the election won Trump more support from Puerto Ricans than critics expected. It may not have had any negative impact.
Despite the backlash over a quip made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at Trump's rally in New York City about a week ago on Tuesday, Trump is still in Florida, which has the highest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the state. They won some counties but lost in both 2020 and 2016.
Osceola County, the Sunshine State's most Puerto Rican county, voted in favor of Trump on Tuesday night after voting Democratic in the past two elections in which Trump ran, according to census data. Ta. Meanwhile, Miami-Dade County and Hillsborough County, two other districts with large Puerto Rican populations that Trump lost in 2020 and 2016, also backed Trump this time.
A demonstrator holds a Puerto Rican flag during a protest against Donald Trump in Orlando, Florida, June 18, 2019.
Not only did Mr. Trump gain significant support in Florida counties with large Puerto Rican populations, he also chose a candidate who is a Trump ally to be the next governor in the U.S. territory.
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Questions about how Trump will deal with Latino voters have been raised ahead of Election Day after Hinchcliffe attended a Trump rally and sparked a firestorm with a joke that compared Puerto Rico to a “floating pile of trash.” It started to swirl.
“Comments like this motivate us,” said Ana Valdez, CEO of the Latino nonprofit organization. “Latinos are not a group that should be underrepresented, especially at the voting booth. When it comes to influence,” he said. told Newsweek ahead of Tuesday's election. “We expect this weekend's comments to further increase turnout in states with large Latino populations, such as Arizona, Nevada, and Florida.”
On October 3, 2017, nearly two weeks after Hurricane Maria struck the area, then-President Trump visited the Cavalry Chapel in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
Meanwhile, an unidentified Puerto Rican female voter spoke to CNN on election day and was asked how Hinchcliffe's jokes influenced her choice of supporter. Voters said the joke didn't sit well with them, but concluded that regardless of such comments, “at the end of the day” they wanted to vote for who would give them “a better life in the future.” Ta. The voter added that this was a decision she and her family made together.
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Additionally, other Puerto Rican voters in Pennsylvania told Fox News that Hinchcliffe's joke had no effect on their support for Trump. One of their state legislators argued that It would have an “undeniable impact” on the election outcome.
On January 20, 2020, demonstrators demand the resignation of Governor Wanda Vázquez Garcedo during a demonstration in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
In addition to the support Trump gained among Puerto Rican voters in this election, Puerto Rico's four-way gubernatorial race ended with the following victories: Trump's allies Jennifer Gonzalez Colon was previously a non-voting delegate in the territory's Congress.
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Among Hispanics as a whole, support for Vice President Harris, the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, was significantly lower than for President Biden in 2020. A majority of Hispanic voters supported Harris over Trump, but the vice president's 8-point victory on Tuesday fell short of Biden's 33 points. Point margin of victory over Trump in 2020.
