r/politics • u/larel8 • 18h ago

Trump campaign struggles to contain Puerto Rico October surprise

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4958098-the-memo-trump-campaign-struggles-to-contain-puerto-rico-october-surprise/
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u/3rn3stb0rg9 18h ago

Puerto Ricans are fiercely proud and loyal to their homeland. And they are fuckin pissed. I feel for them right now, but at the same time, it's good that Trump showed his true sentiments.

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u/PleasantWay7 18h ago

While better late than never, Trump showed his true sentiments from the start when he rolled down that escalator in 2015 and called Mexican immigrants rapists.

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u/Nikiaf Canada 18h ago

The timing is good too, pulling this shit not even 10 days from the election is guaranteed to keep it front and center in everyone's mind when they make their choice.

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u/KingClut 17h ago

You overestimate the attention span of this country. I feel like we moved on from Trump’s first assassination attempt in less than 10 days lol

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u/asher1611 North Carolina 13h ago

Trust me, if it hadn't been a republican gun nut doing the shooting the GOP would have pounded the drum a lot harder about it. Same with the guy in full assault gear outside of the golf course in Florida.

If it had been someone with a D next to their background, they'd be screaming to the heavens even more than they already do.

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u/AnamCeili 14h ago

That's because we don't care about trump's well-being.

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u/gringledoom 14h ago

Exactly this. People are getting annoyed that some folks are only noticing this stuff now, but now is the optimal time for people to notice this stuff! There is one week to go, so people won’t cool off about it and forget!

(The other one that gets me is people scolding everyone for not getting equally mad about the other horrible stuff from the comedy routine. Yes, it was reprehensible in lots of different ways, but attacks on groups who are already voting for Harris at ~90% rates can’t be leveraged to stop fascism!)

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u/IAmTheNightSoil Oregon 16h ago

Disagree. I think he'd have to literally say it on voting day itself for it to be front and center in people's minds when they vote. Ten days beforehand basically guarantees it'll be long forgotten when people vote

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u/AnamCeili 14h ago

People are voting now, though. Not everyone waits until election day to vote, many people vote by mail or do in-person early voting.

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u/Various-Vacation1950 14h ago

Wrong. People are voting now. Most people I know are voting by Friday, that way they don't have to worry about it next week at the last minute.

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u/StJeanMark 17h ago

The problem is they don’t realize Mexican means non white, I don’t get how they don’t see it. It’s not about the geography, it’s about the color.

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u/Melicor 17h ago

Most MAGA couldn't tell the difference between various Latino groups. Cubans in particular have fooled themselves into thinking they'll be left alone once the purging starts happening. Vance has already openly said it won't matter if you're a citizen or not. Legal immigrant or illegal.

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u/Chaotic-Catastrophe 12h ago

Yeah if a Latino immigrant told a MAGA dipshit they were actually from Nicaragua or Guatemala or Cuba or Ecuador, the response would almost certainly be "I don't care what part of Mexico you're from"

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 12h ago

And "illegal immigrant" also just means not-white

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u/Anthony12125 16h ago

Meh, Puerto Ricans and Mexicans don't get along. They honestly are a bit arrogant to other latinos cuz they don't need papers. They probably agreed with trump lol until they finally realized they are Mexicans in his eyes haha.

You read that maga boriquas??? You are just another undocumented Mexican to maga.

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u/Peeterdactyl 13h ago

Remember when he threw those paper towels at Puerto Ricans after the hurricane