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Trump Team Fears Damage From Racist Rally Remarks (www.nytimes.com)
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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.

The backlash among Puerto Rican celebrities and performers was instantaneous across social media, prompting the Trump campaign to issue a rare defensive statement distancing themselves from offensive comments. In a tight race, any constituency could be decisive and the sizable Puerto Rican community in the battleground state of Pennsylvania was on the minds of Trump allies.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 107 points 1 week ago (1 children)

. . . his team are worried that their opponents’ descriptions of him as a racist and a fascist may be breaking through to segments of voters.

They're worried he's racist and fascist?

"No, they're worried some voters might be figuring that out and not vote for him"

Oh.

[–] _bcron_@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It'd be funny for NYT to actually call him racist, get sued for libel, and then NYT dumps 3 printer paper cartons of him doing overtly racist things on their doorstep during discovery. "Here's what we're bringing to court, see you next Tuesday"

[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 53 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Maybe Republicans should think of Puerto Ricans as human beings first, rather than as just a source of votes and grift income.

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lolwut? Think of the brown guys as human???

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago

Pfft right. Next, this guy will say that women aren't property and not breeding vessels.

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

tRump called the whole US the world's garbage can last week. It's literally their campaign.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Puerto Ricans (in Puerto Rico) can't vote for president, so maybe their hope was that it wouldn't matter what they said about them? Hopefully people in swing states prove them wrong at the ballot box.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a good thing that there are no Puerto Ricans living in the continental US who are eligible to vote. Like, imagine if there was something like a 2-to-1 ratio of Puerto Ricans in the US as those on the island? That'd be craaaaazy.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago

Oh, absolutely. I'm calling this "strategy" stupid.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

No there is fucking not. Trump's own silence about it is deafening. A couple of campaign lackeys trying to spin it away in "a statement" and "a fucking tweet" doesn't even rise to the level of lip service.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago

Lol trump campaign tweets like "uh that guy wasn't with us"

Ohhh that clears it right up, then.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 6 points 1 week ago

I bet his poll numbers went up because of it. His supporters love overt racism.

[–] _bcron_@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Too late. Boricuas suddenly reminded of the piss-poor response to Hurricane Maria. Trump indeed has nothing but contempt

[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

How the fuck did he ever get any PR voters after that shit disaster response?

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

You could ask white women after the removal of Roe.

Or ask Christians after his rape convictions.

Or military members after his hoarding of top secret documents.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

It truly is baffling

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 5 points 1 week ago

Deeply religious individuals who don't like abortion or homosexuality

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trump and team needs to be sent packing.

[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Harris you might want to crank out a fresh attack ad. While you got the time. Now he cares about racism suddenly lol?

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Kamala should just call him a racist. Because that's what he is. Anyone else is willfully ignorant.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Nope. She should stick to how well the economy has recovered, and anti-abortion laws are putting married women who are trying to have babies at risk. Oh, and the border has actually been 3x stronger under Biden than under Trump.

Because of Kamala pushes racism, Trump can swoop in at the last second and denounce that comedian with a big show speech.

Let the press cover it.

[–] Lon3star@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm here for that title alliteration. Also f%ck that guy

[–] Lon3star@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Could have been "Trump Team Fears Fallout From Racist Rally Remarks".... So close

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