By Daniel Nardini
This will reverberate long after the 2024 U.S. presidential election. A comedian named Tony Hinchcliffe made a very offensive remark that the island of Puerto is a “floating island of garbage” at a major Republican rally in Madison Square Garden. This only adds fuel to the fire that the Republican Party has it in for Latinos in general and Puerto Ricans in particular. During his term as President, Donald Trump did not have good dealings with the governor of Puerto Rico, nor did his presidency treat Puerto Ricans all that well. Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico cannot vote in presidential elections, but those Puerto Ricans living on the U.S. mainland can vote.
Puerto Ricans are the second largest Latino group in the United States, and Puerto Ricans live in some key battleground states. This can easily influence the election as few things might. But I am looking long after this election is over. If the Republican Party will have any appeal with Latinos, it will most likely not have any with Puerto Ricans now. Their candidate Trump did not have any good dealings with Puerto Rico, so this alone will influence the reticence of Puerto Ricans from joining the Republican Party. This insult against fellow American citizens, which Puerto Ricans are, is not going to help the Republican Party in future elections.
It is baffling to me why Puerto Ricans have become a punching bag and why the Republican Party has moved so far to the right that it allows this kind of racist stuff. As Americans, we should be working together to try and find solutions for the problems that plague this country. We should find what we share in common instead of trying to disparage each other. We as a people should be leaving the racist past in the past. If there is anything we should be learning about the past, it is what we did wrong in the past and should never repeat it.
Insulting Puerto Ricans
By Daniel Nardini
Puerto Ricans are the second largest Latino group in the United States, and Puerto Ricans live in some key battleground states. This can easily influence the election as few things might. But I am looking long after this election is over. If the Republican Party will have any appeal with Latinos, it will most likely not have any with Puerto Ricans now. Their candidate Trump did not have any good dealings with Puerto Rico, so this alone will influence the reticence of Puerto Ricans from joining the Republican Party. This insult against fellow American citizens, which Puerto Ricans are, is not going to help the Republican Party in future elections.
It is baffling to me why Puerto Ricans have become a punching bag and why the Republican Party has moved so far to the right that it allows this kind of racist stuff. As Americans, we should be working together to try and find solutions for the problems that plague this country. We should find what we share in common instead of trying to disparage each other. We as a people should be leaving the racist past in the past. If there is anything we should be learning about the past, it is what we did wrong in the past and should never repeat it.