After a comedian at his rally on Sunday at New York’s
Madison Square Garden caused outrage by calling
Puerto Rico a
“floating island of garbage”, the Trump campaign is in damage control mode.
The remarks spurred a
furious response from the Puerto Rican community both in the US territory and across the nation, as well as among the wider Latino community.
Prominent Puerto Ricans, including
Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez, and Ricky Martin, were quick to respond with endorsements of
Kamala Harris and statements condemning the slur.
Why are puerto ricans mad because instead of distancing himself from the comment or denying the comment or correcting the comment, he attack Biden for bringing it up.
Trump, the Republican nominee, has a well-documented, long list of disparaging remarks himself, including
using the word "garbage" to refer to his adversaries in September,
just last week referring to the United States as the "garbage can for the world," calling his adversaries the "enemy within" and labeling political opponents "scum."