and staying with the race for the White House former president Donald Trump appeared to be in damage control mode on Tuesday as he praised Porto Ricans and Latinos days after his controversial rally in New York Donald Trump claimed no other American president has done more for Puerto Rico even though he blocked crucial hurricane Aid to the island and considered selling it during his first term and I'm so proud that we're getting support from Latinos like never before we're setting every record Hispanics Latinos nobody loves our Latino community and our Puerto Rican Community more than I
do nobody you know it's interesting because I've done more for Puerto Rico than any president by far nobody close I provided historic funding and the hospital ship R had they were hit with a couple of really bad ones right in the road we got the ship over there with thousands of rooms actually it was amazing a floating Hospital the biggest in the world I will deliver the best future for Puerto Ricans and for Hispanic Americans the ex-president's clarification comes after his allies made racist remarks against Puerto Ricans and Latinos at Madison Square Garden on Sunday
during the rally Trump supporter and comedian Tony hinchcliff joked that Puerto Rico was a floating island of garbage and Latinos love making babies the comedian's crft language has hurt the sentiments of these communities which criticized Donald Trump's silent approval of the contentious remarks while demanding an apology well I think his opinion his expressions are very bad I mean we're talking about a guy who said it with Donald Trump's approval all these kinds of messages have to go through a fil before they are said so I think they're pretty bad Trump looks at immigrants like a
bug that needs to be eradicated but he forgets that 90% of the jobs that US citizens won't do it is the Latinos who do it the immigrants who do those jobs I would like to see what would happen in the United States without immigrants however some Porto Ricans who still support the former president thinks he's the best choice for their community Donald Trump is that leader Donald Trump is not only the right choice for the Puerto Rican people he's the right choice for all of America we're here today because we're tired of the empty promises
we're tired of being told how to think who to vote for and watch as we have this broken border a broken economy under weak leaders like kamla Harris and Tim Waltz now a small group of protesters also arrived outside the arena where the rally was being held Tuesday night They Carried Puerto Rican flags and chanted slogans like immigrants make America great meanwhile an edited clip of President Joe Biden went viral on social media in which he apparently referred to Trump supporters as garbage Republicans were quick to pick up the news roping the president into the
controversy all right well I wasn't going to say anything but I have breaking news for you Mr President you may not have heard this just moment ago Joe Biden stated that our supporters are [Applause] garbage are garbage he's talking about the border patrol he's talking about nurses he's talking about teachers he's talking about everyday Americans who love their country and want to dream big again and support you Mr President however the commander-in-chief later clarified in a social media post that he was referring to comedian henchcliffe in his remarks rather than supporters of Donald Trump notably
Republicans are the second largest population of Hispanic origin in the United States after Mexicans all seven Battleground States including Pensylvania have a large presence of Puerto Ricans as well as Latinos who could make or break Trump's chances of returning to power first post decodes the US [Music] election explains how America chooses its [Music] president your primer on the race to the White [Music] House everything you need to know about how America votes and its Global implications us election explained every Monday and Thursday only on first post
