Trump Team Fears Damage From Racist Rally Remarks
The Trump campaign issued a rare statement distancing itself from a
comedian's offensive joke about Puerto Rico at his rally on Sunday, a sign
that it was concerned about losing crucial votes.
SOURCE: The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/us/politics/trump-msg-rally-backlash.html
"Donald J. Trump and his allies are full of bravado over his chances of victory in the closing days of the 2024 campaign. But there are signs, publicly and privately, that the former president and his team are worried that their opponents' descriptions of him as a racist and a fascist may be breaking through to segments of voters.
"That anxiety was clear after Mr. Trump's six-hour event at Madison Square Garden in New York City, where the inflammatory speeches on Sunday included an opening act by a comedian known for a history of racist jokes who derided Puerto Rico as 'a floating island of garbage' and talked about Black people carving watermelons."
So, we are starting to do well with Latino and Black voters... how 'bout we open our next rally with a racist comedian?!? If Trump loses in November, he will only have his campaign to blame.
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