Puerto Rico's G.O.P. Chairman Demands Apology From Trump for Comic's Remarks [View all]
Puerto Rico’s Republican Party chairman said on Monday that he would withhold his support from former President Donald J. Trump unless he apologized for racist remarks that an insult comic made about the U.S. territory on Sunday during Mr. Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden.
While residents of U.S. territories are not eligible to vote for president, Angel M. Cintrón, the island’s G.O.P. chairman, called on Mr. Trump to personally disavow comments made by the comic, Tony Hinchcliffe, in an opening speech at his rally that referred to Puerto Rico as a “a floating island of garbage.”
Otherwise, Mr. Cintrón said during a talk show appearance, he would not be casting a symbolic ballot in the election for Mr. Trump, whose nomination he helped cement in July during a roll call at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee when Puerto Rico awarded all 23 of its G.O.P. delegates to the former president. (Puerto Ricans are American citizens, and they are eligible to vote as residents in states. A sizable number of Puerto Ricans live in Pennsylvania, a crucial battleground state.)
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday night.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/us/politics/puerto-rico-gop-chairman-trump-msg.html
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