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Trump holds rally in Pennsylvania city with Latino-majority population

It comes after racist comments about Puerto Rico at his New York rally.

October 30, 2024, 12:26 AM

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening returned to a Hispanic-majority town in eastern Pennsylvania after a comedian at Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden over the weekend sparked controversy by making racist jokes about Latinos, including calling Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage."

Trump did not address the comedian's controversial remarks — but did seize on comments President Joe Biden made on Tuesday when, criticizing the remarks about Puerto Rico, Biden used wording that seemed to refer to Trump supporters as "garbage."

Toward the end of the rally, Trump invited Sen. Marco Rubio to the stage, who broke the news of Biden's comments to Trump and the crowd.

Trump recalled Hillary Clinton's controversial "basket of deplorables" line in 2016.

"She said 'deplorable.' That didn't work out," Trump said. "'Garbage,' I think is worse."

Trump's rally took place in Allentown, Pennsylvania, a city of more than 125,000 people where the Hispanic population makes up 55% of the total, according to the U.S. Census data, with much of that number being Puerto Ricans.

His second campaign stop of the day in Pennsylvania -- after a roundtable in Drexel Hill, where the population is overwhelmingly white -- the Allentown visit was an opportunity for the former president to court Hispanics, and more specifically Puerto Ricans, after Hispanic groups on both sides of the aisle called the racist jokes made at the New York rally "derogatory," "offensive," and "disrespectful."

Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pa., on Oct. 29, 2024.
Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

Early on in his remarks, Trump made no mention of the controversy but did refer to his Madison Square Garden rally, calling it "the greatest evening anyone has seen politically," adding, "The love was unbelievable."

During his Pennsylvania event, Trump touted his support from Latinos, including an endorsement from Puerto Rico's "Shadow Senator" Zoraida Buxo, who holds a position that advocates for statehood for the territory.

"Nobody loves our Latino community and our Puerto Rican community more than I do," Trump said.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Allentown, Pa., Oct. 29, 2024.
Matt Rourke/AP

Cheers for mass deportation plan

Trump's rally in Allentown came at the same time Vice President Kamala Harris was giving a speech from the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., making what her campaign has characterized as her "closing argument" in the race.

Trump received his largest applause of the evening when he said, if elected, he would carry out mass deportations of people in the U.S. illegally beginning on the first day of his administration.

"On day one, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history," he said. "We're going to get them out. I will rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered, and we will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail or kick them the hell out of our country."

As the crowd gave an overwhelming ovation, Trump said "I am hereby calling for the death penalty for any migrant that kills an American citizen or a law enforcement officer."

The crowd then chanted, "USA!"

Controversial 'garbage' remarks

The comments at the Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday were made by controversial comedian Tony Hinchcliffe during pre-programming earlier Sunday afternoon, including explicit comments about how Latinos "love making babies."

"I don't know if you guys know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it's called Puerto Rico," Hinchcliffe said on stage to a crowd of nearly 20,000 Sunday night, after the former president himself the previous day called the United States a "garbage can for the world."

Hinchcliffe, instead of apologizing for his comments, attacked his critics as lacking a sense of humor and accused them of taking the joke out of context to "make it seem racist."

The former president denied knowing the comedian on Tuesday, telling ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott: "I don't know him, someone put him up there. I don't know who he is."

Trump also insisted he didn't hear any of the comments, even as they've been played on television and written about extensively. When asked what he made of them, he did not take the opportunity to denounce them, repeating that he didn't hear the comments.

Trump's campaign has also tried to distance itself from comedian Hinchcliffe's comments, saying they don't reflect their views.

Several Republicans have come out against the jokes, including the chair Republican Party of Puerto Rico, Angel Cintrón, who called Hinchcliffe's comments "unfortunate, ignorant, and entirely reprehensible," as well as "racist."

Tony Hinchcliffe speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York.
Evan Vucci/AP

Residents of Puerto Rico, as a U.S. territory, do not vote for president in the general election, but the Republican Party of Puerto Rico held a primary in April as part of the Republican presidential nominating process. Donald Trump won the primary and netted the territory's delegates.

Puerto Ricans living in the United States, however, make up the largest Hispanic group in seven states across the country, including in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania, according to the U.S. Census data.

In Pennsylvania, where President Joe Biden won in 2020 by just over 81,000 votes, 3.7% of the state's total population, or roughly 486,000 people, were of Puerto Rican origin. Pennsylvania is again expected to be an extremely tight race between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, with Trump ahead of Harris by just 0.2% according to 538's polling average as of Oct. 29.

Overall, Pennsylvania's eligible Latino voter population has more than doubled since 2000, from 206,000 to 620,000 in 2023, according to WNTM's analysis of U.S. Census Bureau figures.

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