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’
Donald Trump praised Puerto Ricans on Tuesday during a Pennsylvania rally, days after a comedian made a racist joke and referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage” at one of his rallies.
“Nobody loves our Latino community and our Puerto Rican community more than I do,” the former president said a little over an hour into a rally in Allentown, in the Lehigh Valley, which has a sizable Latino population.
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