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The Great Republican Political Strategy of Insult Puerto Rico for Some Reason (lemmy.ml)
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[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 126 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They can't vote, so why would they care? Easy targets, no apparent consequences.

Edit: /s

[-] Anachronology@sh.itjust.works 81 points 2 weeks ago

Except for the millions of Puerto Ricans that live in the Continental US.

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 53 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I'm on board, I was attempting some mild satire.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 6 points 2 weeks ago

If they don't live in Pennsylvania, Arizona or Nevada, they also don't count.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The conservative ones will just ignore this like always.

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 69 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

Why the /s?

That's literally the point. Easy target, plus they're brown people i/e "Not Real Americans"

Bone stock Republican shit.

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I guess in this case the /s is for satire.

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

"We're The Real Americans!" while flying the confederate flag.

[-] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Completely without irony. Absolutely destitute of self reflection.

[-] errer@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

You couldn’t invent a band of chucklefucks more capable at torpedoing a presidential campaign…and yet here we are, tied, with apparently no ability to sway any voters away from Trump. It’s so demoralizing.

[-] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

They're just bullies.

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