In the home stretch, 2024 Electionfollowing racist remarks at Trump’s rally that compared Puerto Rico to trash, both parties are trying to stoke political flames to inflame opposition in the presidential race as well as the Congressional race.
Hours after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made a racist joke about Puerto Ricans at former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Democrats announced that Puerto Ricans are A competitive list for the House of Representatives elections was distributed. voters.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Republican operatives tried to seize on President Biden’s gaffe in which he used the word “.”garbageBut Republicans have accused Biden of calling all Trump supporters “trash” and are trying to link Democratic congressional candidates to accusations about the president’s language.
Amid a fierce battle for control of the Senate and House of Representatives, a dual debate has been amplified and the closing message has shifted in the final days before voting day.
More than 10% of registered voters in Pennsylvania’s battleground 7th Congressional District race are of Puerto Rican descent, according to a memo obtained by CBS News from Democratic campaign operatives. The memo also states that at least 4% of registered voters have ties to Puerto Rico in three House races in New York, two more in Pennsylvania, and at least one each in Florida and Connecticut. He said there is.
Rep. Susie Wilde, a Pennsylvania Democrat who leans toward the Madison Square Garden rally controversy and represents the battleground 7th Congressional District in and around Allentown, has already raised the issue. “I’ve heard more about this than almost any other issue this campaign,” he told the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Democratic candidate Laura Gillen in the closely contested 4th District Congressional race on Long Island, New York, intensified the fire on Tuesday over racist jokes. Rep. Nydia Valasquez, a Puerto Rican-born New York Democrat who spoke at a Guillen campaign event for small businesses, referenced the controversy and joke.
Democratic Rep. Jahanna Hayes, who is running for a competitive seat in western Connecticut, posted on social media that “everyone, not just the Puerto Rican community, should be saddened and upset by the actions of the Trump rally at MSG.” .
Meanwhile, Republicans are looking to expand on President Biden’s potential gaffe starting Tuesday.
“The president of the United States has just tainted half the country. House Democrats can now speak out against it. Or else. “Their silence will tell voters everything they need to know.” said in a statement.
First-term Republican Rep. Mark Molinaro, who is defending his seat in New York’s 19th Congressional District, posted on social media about Biden’s comments. “Biden says it’s trash for not supporting Kamala Harris,” Molinaro wrote in part.
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