Jennifer Lopez to campaign with Kamala Harris after Trump rally comedian called Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage’
Jennifer Lopez will now join Vice President Kamala Harris at her Thursday evening rally in Las Vegas.
J. Lo, whose parents were born in Puerto Rico, had shared a video with Harris detailing her plans for the island on Sunday afternoon – in the hours before former President Donald Trump’s controversial Madison Square Garden rally.
During Trump’s event, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating i.”‘land of garbage’ – prompting widespread community backlash.
Part of that response is activating new surrogates for Harris, including Lopez, Ricky Martin and Bad Bunny.
After Hinchcliffe’s set went viral, Lopez doubled down on that support on her Instagram Story.
Jennifer Lopez (left) will now join Vice President Kamala Harris (right) at her Thursday evening rally in Las Vegas
On Thursday they share a stage together saying that the Democrats’ fear is slipping away – with FiveThirtyEight.com On Tuesday, he said Trump has a 51 percent chance of winning the state and Harris has a 49 percent chance.
This is evident from a CNN/SSRS poll released on Tuesday showed Trump with 48 percent of support from likely voters in Nevada and Harris with 47 percent.
The last time Nevada voted for a Republican in the presidential race was in 2004, but President Joe Biden only won the state by 33,596 votes.
While Hinchcliffe’s comments could do much more damage to the Trump campaign in Pennsylvania — home to nearly half a million Puerto Ricans — about 27,000 live in Nevada.
Hinchcliffe also made broader racist jokes about Latinos — which could hurt Trump’s prospects in Nevada.
The 2020 Census estimated the number of Latinos in Nevada at 890,257 – or 28.7 percent.
“These Latinos also love making babies. Just know that they do,” Hinchcliffe had said at the MSG meeting. “There is no retreat.”
‘They don’t. They come in. Just like they did to our country,” he added.
Despite Trump’s hardline stance on immigration — and his promise of the largest deportation of illegal immigrants in U.S. history — his campaign had gained traction among Latino voters.
The CNN poll in Nevada shows Harris with just a one-point lead — 48 percent to 47 percent — on the voting bloc.
While the tide could be turning for the Democratic nominee, she may be running out of time.
Forty-two percent of likely Nevada voters interviewed for CNN/SSRS said they had already cast a ballot in the 2024 race.