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Biden and Puerto Rico, another unforced error?

The humiliation of Puerto Rico at Trump’s mass shower in New York last Sunday threatens to complicate the Republicans’ options in states like Pennsylvania, a state through which a good part of both candidates’ chances of victory pass and in which Puerto A percentage of the voters of Rico are of relevant origin. Hours after that apparent unforced error by the Republican campaign, it has been retaliated by another failure by President Joe Biden, the consequences of which have yet to be seen. “Just a few days ago, a speaker at your rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage. Well, let me tell you something. (…) The only garbage I see floating around is your His demonization is unconscionable and unfair, “It’s the exact opposite of what we’ve done,” a White House spokesman said shortly after speaking at Madison Square Garden in New York. Was referring to the “rhetoric” used at Trump’s rally.

By then, the Republican campaign had already stepped up their rhetoric. “He really doesn’t know what he said. It’s something terrible, terrible, but he really doesn’t know. I believe he likes me more than Kamala,” Trump said, referring to the vice president and Democratic nominee. Senator Marco Rubio also took advantage: “I hope his campaign is going to apologize for what they just said. We’re not trash, we’re patriots.”