Last minute billboard campaign seeks to galvanize Puerto Ricans for Harris

Last-minute billboard campaign seeks to galvanize Puerto Ricans for Harris

New billboards are going up in Pennsylvania and North Carolina on Thursday, stoking Puerto Ricans’ pride in their island to shore up support for Vice President Harris. The billboards, paid for by ...

Politics - The Hill - October 31

Harris' campaign launches ad seizing on Trump ally’s racist comments about Puerto Ricans

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is seizing on racist comments made by an ally of Donald Trump this weekend about Puerto Ricans to launch a digital ad targeting Latino voters that argues they ...

Politics - NBC News - October 28

A Trump Rally Speaker Trashed Puerto Ricans. Harris Reached Out to Them.

Her campaign moved swiftly to highlight that even as a speaker at Donald Trump’s rally in New York made offensive remarks about Puerto Rico and Latinos, she was visiting Puerto Rican voters in ...

Top stories - The New York Times - October 28

2024 election updates: Obama criticizes comic's Puerto Rico remarks at Trump's rally

Trump criticizes the former first lady, said she made a 'big mistake' with her comments on the campaign trail.

Obama says ‘you can count on Kamala’ at Philadelphia rally – as it happened

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World - The Guardian - October 29

Trump campaign debuts Halloween-themed billboards

The Trump campaign will place billboards in Erie, Pennsylvania; near Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and in Las Vegas.

Puerto Rican voters weigh in on Trump rally backlash

Nearly half a million Puerto Ricans live in Pennsylvania, comprising nearly 4% of the population of the largest battleground state. Will insensitive comments made by a comedian at a recent Trump ...

Puerto Rican voters rise as key bloc in 2024

Puerto Rican voters have shot to center stage in national elections, marking a major shift for an electorate that was largely overlooked for a century. The voting bloc is at the center of national ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Harris seeks to bolster youth vote in campaign's closing days

Fresh off her massive rally at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., Vice President Kamala Harris headed back to the battleground states Wednesday, where she was slated to hold a rally in Madison, in an ...

Harris grabs unexpected last-minute lead over Trump in Iowa poll

In shocking result that could reshape the race, ex-president falls three points behind in a state he won in 2016 and 2020. A poll in Iowa that has unexpectedly put Kamala Harris ahead of Donald ...

World - The Guardian - November 3

Trump and Harris make last campaign stops before Election Day

As voters prepare to head to the polls, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris focus on critical battleground states. CBS News political contributors Terry Sullivan and Joel ...

Harris, Walz roll out celebrities on last day of campaigning

Vice President Harris is getting a final, star-studded boost from a parade of celebrities on Election Day eve — with Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry, James Taylor and Ricky Martin among the ...

Politics - The Hill - November 4

Puerto Rican politicians react to Trump rally racist, offensive comments

Rep. Nydia Velazquez, a Democrat from New York, and other politicians called out comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's comments at former President Donald Trump's rally in New York City.

Anger grows over racist remarks about Puerto Ricans at Trump rally

Republicans join Kamala Harris and Joe Biden in condemning comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s comments. Outrage is continuing to mount following the racist anti-Puerto Rican remarks at Donald Trump ’s ...

World - The Guardian - October 28

A New Insult Reminds Puerto Ricans of How Trump Treated Them

As president, Donald Trump fought bitterly with Puerto Rican officials, ridiculed them and resisted sending aid to the territory after devastating hurricanes.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 29

Steve Bannon speaks after leaving prison, mentions Puerto Ricans, minorities

Steve Bannon, a former strategist for Donald Trump's White House and right-wing podcaster, said he feels empowered after serving four months in prison for contempt of Congress. Bannon also made a ...

A racist joke against Puerto Ricans creates aftershocks in the closing week of the election

Ahead of Donald Trump’s appearance Tuesday in the heavily Latino city of Allentown, Pennsylvania, a comedian’s racist joke about Puerto Ricans at the former president’s Madison Square Garden rally ...

Puerto Rican artist Nicky Jam takes back his Trump endorsement

Reggaeton artist Nicky Jam on Wednesday revoked his endorsement of Donald Trump, after Tony Hinchcliffe's rally joke calling Puerto Rico "garbage."

Politics - CBS News - October 30

Puerto Rican-Dominican singer Nicky Jam retracts Trump endorsement

Puerto Rican-Dominican singer Nicky Jam retracted his endorsement of former President Donald Trump. The move comes after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of ...

Politics - NBC News - October 30

Puerto Rican stars decry 'willful ignorance' at Trump MSG rally

A trifecta of Puerto Rican superstars combined forces in a new opinion piece for the New York Times to condemn the “willful ignorance” of former President Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on ...

Politics - The Hill - November 1

Van Jones: Puerto Rican vote 'lit on fire' in Pennsylvania

CNN commentator Van Jones said the Puerto Rican vote has been “lit on fire” in Pennsylvania after a comedian at a former President Trump rally made a joke about the island. “There is an energy. ...

Politics - The Hill - November 6

Ping! Harris and Trump are blowing up your phones with political texts in campaign's last days

Across the U.S., people's phones are pinging with text messages from Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and their allies

Tech - ABC News - October 31

Ping! Harris and Trump blowing up your phones with texts in campaign's last days

Across the U.S., people's phones are pinging with text messages from Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and their allies

US elections live: Harris makes unexpected stop at DNC headquarters as millions of Americans cast their votes

Harris thanks Democratic staffers in Washington DC and says ‘we have so much work to do’ during phone-banking session. US election results 2024: live map and tracker When will we know the ...

World - The Guardian - November 5

We asked Puerto Ricans about 'island of garbage' joke. Here's what they said

Puerto Ricans have said the joke Tony Hinchcliffe made at Trump’s Sunday rally was “disrespectful” and “racist”.

Puerto Ricans voting in US swing state warn Trump 'garbage' joke won’t be forgotten

Puerto Ricans make up a large portion of the Latino vote in Pennsylvania and many are angered by a comedian's remark at the island's expense.

Pennsylvania: anger among Puerto Ricans in key swing state after racist remarks

Comments at Trump rally lead to anger and indignation in one of the most crucial battleground states in the election. On Sunday evening, the Philadelphia council member Quetcy Lozada was attending ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

Where Trump's standing with Puerto Rican voters will be put to the test: From the Politics Desk

Trump’s campaign appearance in Allentown, Pa., comes amid questions over whether the fallout from his Madison Square Garden rally will cost him support among Puerto Rican voters.

Trump claims ‘nobody loves Puerto Rican community more than I do’ at Pennsylvania rally

Ex-president’s comments come after comedian at one of Trump’s recent rallies called Puerto Rico ‘island of garbage’. US elections 2024 – live updates Donald Trump praised Puerto Ricans on ...

World - The Guardian - October 30

Puerto Ricans brave rain and long lines to vote in a general election that promises to be historic

Puerto Rico is holding elections that will be historic regardless of which of the top two gubernatorial candidates wins

World - ABC News - November 5

Evening Report — Trump camp seeks to contain Puerto Rico fallout

🎤 Plus: Harris preps her closing argument {beacon} Evening Report © AP Photo/Mike Stewart/Evan Vucci Trump camp seeks to contain Puerto Rico fallout Former President Trump will visit the ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Harris vows to launch Puerto Rico task force

Vice President Harris vowed to launch “a new Puerto Rico Opportunity Economy Task Force” in the case she wins the presidency in a video posted Sunday to Instagram. “As president, I will bring down ...

Politics - The Hill - October 28

Puerto Rico's biggest newspaper endorses Harris

Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día endorsed Vice President Harris on Tuesday amid a commotion over a comedian insulting the island at former President Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Trump campaign distances itself from speaker's Puerto Rico comments at rally

A Trump campaign adviser sought to distance the former president and his operation from a racist joke about Puerto Rico delivered by a speaker at former President Trump's New York City rally ...

Politics - The Hill - October 28

The Memo: Trump campaign struggles to contain Puerto Rico October surprise

The Trump campaign is struggling to contain an October surprise of its own making, just one week from Election Day. A racist remark by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, one of many warm-up speakers for ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

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You could take a lesson from Disney adults and others who turn to their own closets when they want to dress up.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 25

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