Puerto Rico Republican chair demands Trump apology for rally’s racist remarks

Angel M Cintrón, party’s chair on island, says he will not vote for Trump unless he says sorry for speaker’s comments

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The president of the Republican party’s branch in Puerto Rico has said he will not vote for Donald Trump unless he apologises for racist remarks made at his rally referring to the US island territory as a “floating island of garbage”.

Outrage even among fellow Republicans is continuing to mount after the racist insult at the Republican nominee’s rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday, with the podcaster Tony Hinchcliffe coming under fire for his inflammatory comments made about Puerto Rico in the opening speech.

Puerto Rico Republican chair demands Trump apology for rally’s racist remarks

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