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The Great Republican Political Strategy of Insult Puerto Rico for Some Reason (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Puerto Ricans can and do move and there's large numbers of them in swing states. There's 450 thousand just in Pennsylvania

EDIT: also doesn't help that he also said

“These Latinos, they love making babies, too. Just know that they do,” Hinchcliffe said, setting up his joke: “There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They c-- inside, just like they did to our country."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/comedian-trump-rally-makes-racist-jokes-latinos-puerto-rico-rcna177514

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I was being mildly satirical. Insulting any people group seems like it should be a losing move. I wish it were.