- Title: Trump: 'Nobody loves the Latino and Puerto Rican communities more than I do'
- Date: 30th October 2024
- Summary: KYIV, UKRAINE (OCTOBER 30, 2024) (REUTERS) AIR ALERT BLARING OVER KYIV SKYLINE AIR DEFENCE ACTIVE SEARCHLIGHT OVER KYIV SKYLINE / EXPLOSION IN SKY EXPLOSION OVER KYIV SKYLINE FIRE ENGINE DRIVING IN STREET AIR DEFENCE ACTIVE / EXPLOSIONS, DRONE FLYING AUDIBLE SEARCHLIGHT OVER KYIV SKYLINE / DRONE FLYING AUDIBLE AMBULANCE DRIVING IN STREET / AIR DEFENCE AUDIBLE SMOKE RISING
- Embargoed: 13th November 2024 02:32
- Keywords: Biden Harris Marco Rubio Trump garbage
- Location: ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES
- City: ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: North America,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA003562829102024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS PROFANE LANGUAGE IN SHOT 14 AND 16
Republican President Donald Trump sought to move on from the racist remarks made by allies at his New York rally on Sunday (October 27) by thanking Latinos for their support at a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Tuesday (October 29).
"Nobody loves our Latino community and our Puerto Rican community more than I do," Trump said, adding that he's done more more for Puerto Rico than any other president.
Trump did not comment on the remarks made by speakers at the Sunday event where comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage" and disparaged Black Americans, Jewish people, Palestinians and Latinos.
President Joe Biden drew ire from Trump's campaign for remarks he made about the Sunday rally during a fundraising call on Tuesday.
According to a transcript posted by a White House spokesperson on X, Biden said: "the only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter's - his - his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and it's un-American."
During Trump's rally in Allentown, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio stepped up to the stage and informed the former president and the crowd about Biden's comment.
Biden later posted on X, the social media site: "Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage — which is the only word I can think of to describe it. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That's all I meant to say. The comments at that rally don't reflect who we are as a nation."
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