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Puerto Ricans cannot vote in general elections despite being U.S. citizens, but they can exert a powerful influence with relatives on the mainland. Phones across the island of 3.2 million people were ringing minutes after the speaker derided the U.S. territory Sunday night, and they still buzzed Monday.

Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris is competing with Trump to win over Puerto Rican communities in Pennsylvania and other swing states. Shortly after stand-up comic Tony Hinchcliffe said that, “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,” Puerto Rican reggaeton superstar Bad Bunny announced he was backing Harris.

After Sunday’s rally, a senior adviser for the Trump campain, Danielle Alvarez, said in a statement that Hinchcliffe’s joke did “not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 2 days ago

I can just hear those MAGA morons smugly chuckling, "What can they do LOL they can't even vote, fuck 'em!"

No, fuck you.

[–] [email protected] 87 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

After Sunday’s rally, a senior adviser for the Trump campain, Danielle Alvarez, said in a statement that Hinchcliffe’s joke did “not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”

His "set" absolutely reflects the views of Trump and his campaign. That is why he felt comfortable saying those things.

It's not like the racism of Tony Hinchcliffe was a secret that he kept carefully hidden from public view which caught the organizers by surprise. It took me about a minute of searching who this guy was before landing on the Tony Hinchcliffe Wikipedia page which covers his racist performance in Austin just 3 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 days ago (3 children)

His whole set was also loaded into the teleprompter, so they knew what he was gonna say.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I look forward to the inevitable exit polls showing just how much Nazi Fest 2024 sank the GröpenFührer/Cöuchfücker ticket.

Come on, sanity! You can do it!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm wondering what Kimberly Guilfoyle - Don Jrs half Puerto Rican girlfriend thinks about it. I'm sure she's doing mental gymnastics to justify it.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 days ago (8 children)

I’ve never understood the whole Puerto Rico situation. Your country was built on the rage of having taxation without representation. Why is it that Puerto Rico isn’t allowed to participate in your elections despite being US citizens?

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0065

There was one difficulty however of a serious nature attending an immediate choice by the people. The right of suffrage was much more diffusive in the Northern than the Southern States; and the latter could have no influence in the election on the score of the Negroes. The substitution of electors obviated this difficulty and seemed on the whole to be liable to fewest objections.

The electoral college was purely designed to let southerners use their slaves for votes. Letting Puerto Ricans vote doesn't help Southerners cheat.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Can American citizens living abroad vote?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Yes, they have a right to vote in the state they last lived in (or, if they never lived in one, perhaps the state their parent last lived in?) but unfortunately Puerto Ricans can't vote in presidential elections.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Generally yes, but not in Puerto Rico. If they move to the mainland, they can vote for any elections there, but while living in Puerto Rico, they only vote for members of Congress that serve a mostly observational role.

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