{"id":119955,"date":"2024-10-30T06:22:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T23:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119955"},"modified":"2024-10-30T06:22:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T23:22:46","slug":"trump-says-his-new-york-rally-marked-by-crude-and-racist-insults-was-an-absolute-lovefest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119955","title":{"rendered":"Trump says his New York rally marked by crude and racist insults was &#8216;an absolute lovefest&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) \u2014 Urged by some allies to apologize for racist comments made by speakers at his weekend rally, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> took the opposite approach on Tuesday, saying it was an \u201chonor to be involved\u201d in such an event and calling the scene a \u201clovefest\u201d \u2014 the same term he has used to describe the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Trump gathered supporters and reporters to his Mar-a-Lago resort two days after a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-madison-square-garden-new-york-election-fcfe75be7f8281fde7bffa3adb3bba5d\">massive rally at Madison Square Garden<\/a><\/span> featured a number of crude remarks by various speakers, including a set by <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tony-hinchcliffe-puerto-rico-things-to-know-25e303873fac6fde3afdab80d941230d\">comedian Tony Hinchcliffe<\/a><\/span> in which he joked that Puerto Rico was a \u201cfloating island of garbage.\u201d Some of Trump\u2019s top Republican allies have condemned the remarks, and his campaign took the rare step of publicly distancing itself from Hinchcliffe\u2019s joke, though not the other comments.<\/p>\n<p>But given the opportunity to apologize at events and in an interview, Trump instead leaned in. Speaking at his Florida resort, he said that \u201cthere\u2019s never been an event so beautiful\u201d as his Sunday rally in his hometown of New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe love in that room. It was breathtaking,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was like a lovefest, an absolute lovefest. And it was my honor to be involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With just a week before <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/election-2024\">Election Day<\/a><\/span>, some Trump allies have voiced alarm that the rally, which was supposed to highlight the Republican presidential nominee\u2019s closing message in grand New York fashion, has instead served as a distraction and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/puerto-rico-trump-joke-garbage-a91e2aafd93a06d32365efa013581b85\">even a liability<\/a><\/span>, given the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pennsylvania-latino-election-trump-harris-42afc4d9fe388923b713b45b94e0adcb\">electoral importance of Puerto Ricans<\/a><\/span> who live in Pennsylvania and other key swing states. <\/p>\n<p>Trump was set to hold a rally later in Allentown, Pennsylvania, a city with a large Hispanic population, where Puerto Rico\u2019s shadow U.S. senator, Zoraida Buxo, will join him, according to a campaign official who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of a formal announcement. She voiced her support for Trump on the social media site X, saying Trump is the \u201cstrong leader\u201d that Puerto Rico needs.<\/p>\n<p>Still, there was anger in Allentown. Ivet Figueroa, 61, stood outside the rally venue holding a trash can with the words \u201cTrash Trump\u201d on it.<\/p>\n<p>She said of the insult and Trump:: \u201cThe person who said it was vetted by him. So that\u2019s what he allowed, so he has to take responsibility for what he said. Now it\u2019s too late for saying \u2018sorry.\u2019 I don\u2019t want an apology, I want justice, and justice is on Nov. 5.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fallout from the Madison Square Garden event risked highlighting voters\u2019 concerns about Trump\u2019s rhetoric and penchant for controversy in the closing stretch as both campaigns are scrambling for votes. Speakers at the rally also made racist comments targeting Latinos, Black people, Jews and Palestinians, along with sexist insults directed at Trump\u2019s Democratic rival, Vice President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/kamala-harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/span>, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Trump tried to move past the controversy and pivot back to Harris, lashing his rival\u2019s record on the border and inflation, saying that, \u201con issue after issue, she broke it\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m going to fix it and fix it very fast.\u201d He took no questions from reporters.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with ABC News earlier Tuesday, Trump tried to distance himself from Hinchcliffe but did not denounce what he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about the 2024 Election Today's news: Follow live updates from the campaign trail from the AP. Ground Game: Sign up for AP's weekly politics newsletter to get it in your inbox every Monday. AP's Role: The Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848. Learn more.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about the 2024 Election<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know him. Someone put him up there. I don\u2019t know who he is,\u201d Trump said, according to the network, insisting that he hadn\u2019t heard Hinchcliffe\u2019s comments. When asked what he made of them, Trump \u201cdid not take the opportunity to denounce them, repeating that he didn\u2019t hear the comments,\u201d ABC reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about the 2024 Election Today's news: Follow live updates from the campaign trail from the AP. Ground Game: Sign up for AP's weekly politics newsletter to get it in your inbox every Monday. AP's Role: The Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848. Learn more.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about the 2024 Election<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The comments have drawn outrage from Puerto Rican leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The archbishop of Puerto Rico called on Trump to disavow them, saying it wasn\u2019t enough for the campaign to say the joke didn\u2019t reflect Trump\u2019s views. The president of Puerto Rico\u2019s Republican Party called the \u201cpoor attempt at comedy\u201d by Hinchcliffe \u201cdisgraceful, ignorant and totally reprehensible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Pennsylvania, where Trump was to campaign later Tuesday, the Latino eligible voter population has nearly tripled since 2000. More than half of those are Puerto Rican eligible voters.<\/p>\n<p>Angelo Ortega, a longtime Allentown resident and former Republican who\u2019s planning to vote for Harris, said he couldn\u2019t believe what he\u2019d heard about Trump\u2019s rally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if my jaw dropped or I was just so irritated, angry. I didn\u2019t know what to feel,\u201d said Ortega, who was born in New York but whose father came from Puerto Rico. Ortega has been campaigning for Harris and said he knows of at least one Hispanic GOP voter planning to switch from Trump to Harris as a result of Hinchcliffe\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve had it. They\u2019ve had it. They were listening to (Trump), but they said they think that that was like the straw that broke the camel\u2019s back,\u201d said Ortega, a member of the Make the Road PA advocacy group.<\/p>\n<p>Still, some voters of Puerto Rican descent weren\u2019t fazed. Maricelis Torres, 24, a waitress studying to be a radiologist, waited to get into the Allentown rally and said she and her family laughed at Hinchcliffe\u2019s joke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t understand humor, then that\u2019s what I\u2019m saying, people are way too soft these days,\u201d said Torres, whose father is from the island.<\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign has released an ad that will run online in battleground states targeting Puerto Rican voters and highlighting the comedian\u2019s remarks. <\/p>\n<p>At a roundtable outside Philadelphia on Tuesday afternoon, Trump got some praise from a retired occupational therapist from Puerto Rico, Maribel Valdez. \u201cPuerto Rico stands behind you, and Puerto Rico loves you,\u201d Valdez told him.<\/p>\n<p>Trump thanked her and reminisced about his administration\u2019s efforts to help the island after storms. \u201cI think no president has ever done more for Puerto Rico than I have,\u201d responded Trump, who <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/puerto-rico-storms-politics-joe-biden-hurricanes-02c9eba973414d44f2f24cc06a2871da\">delayed the release<\/a><\/span> of billions of dollars in assistance to repair years-old hurricane damage in Puerto Rico until shortly before the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Gomez Licon and Price reported from Palm Beach, Fla. 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