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October 29, 2024

Trump to Rally in Majority-Latinx Allentown Amid Fallout over Comic's Racist Puerto Rico "Jokes"
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Donald Trump is appearing before supporters in Allentown, Pennsylvania,
today as fallout mounts over his racist Madison Square Garden rally,
which included this now-viral, so-called joke from right-wing comedian
Tony Hinchcliffe.

Tony Hinchcliffe: "There's a lot going on. Like, I don't know if you
guys know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage in
the middle of the ocean right now. Yeah, I think it's called Puerto
Rico."

Allentown is a majority-Latinx city, home to 34,000 Puerto Ricans.
Pennsylvania state is home to 450,000 Puerto Ricans. Puerto Rican
celebrities including Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin showed their support
for Kamala Harris following the comments.


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