PNN – After the joke of a comedian at Donald Trump’s election rally with Puerto Rico and the sharp reaction of the Latino people of this island under the American rule, many analysts warned about the consequences of these statements on the number of votes of the Republican candidate on the eve of the presidential election.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network from Newsweek magazine, experts and analysts say that Trump’s silence regarding the comments of Tony Hinchcliffe, the comedian who likened Puerto Rico to an island of garbage while participating in his campaign, could cost him dearly.
The comedian took to the stage at Trump’s campaign rally in New York City on Sunday and called Puerto Rico, which is part of the US territory, an island of garbage. These statements soon met with a huge reaction from many Proto-Rican Americans.
According to this American publication, the only official reaction of the Trump campaign to these statements was made by Daniel Alvarez, the senior adviser of his campaign, who tried to justify it in a statement and said that “this joke has nothing to do with Trump’s views or his campaign.”
In an interview on the same day (Sunday) with ABC News, Trump only said that he “does not know” Hinchcliffe.
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Therefore, some observers argue that Hinchcliffe’s joke and Trump’s failure to fully address this issue could have surprising consequences for this Republican candidate.
Gustavo Torres, executive director of the American Latino Advocacy Group (CASA), told Newsweek yesterday Tuesday: Trump should apologize to the Puerto Rican community and the Latino community and he is not doing that. “Even if he apologizes, I guarantee you that the Puerto Rican community, our members in Pennsylvania and Georgia, will never forget those words.”
In the same context, political analyst Craig Agranov told Newsweek: The negative feedback that Trump receives from the New York rally is significant and can become a turning point a week before the election.
At the same time, this political analyst emphasized: “Whether this event becomes a turning point or not depends on how it is managed in the coming weeks.”
At the same time, Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez of San Juan de Puerto Rico on Monday asked Trump to personally apologize for allowing the comedian to use such words at his campaign rally.
Ángel Cintron, the head of the Republican Party of Puerto Rico, also announced that he will not vote for Trump without an apology.
Larry Sabato, a political analyst, appeared on the CNN television network yesterday, Tuesday, and said: “I didn’t expect Trump to apologize because the former president never apologizes for anything.”
Veteran Puerto Rican journalist and former friend of Trump, Geraldo Rivera, also appeared in the CNN studio on Monday, saying that the joke will become a popular joke as Trump’s re-election campaign ends.