Jennifer Lopez expressed outrage at the Puerto Rico dig expressed at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally and asked voters in Nevada to give Kamala Harris a ‘Hollywood ending.’
J. Lo made her campaign trail debut Thursday night at a rally at the Craig Ranch Amphitheater in Las Vegas, calling it the ‘most important stage I’ve ever been on.’
The actress and singer said she was a ‘lover’ and didn’t mean to ‘trash’ anyone – ‘Or even facing the biggest adversary I think America has ever had’ – but she had somethiung to say about that ‘garbage’ comment.
‘It wasn’t just Puerto Ricans who were offended that day, it was every Latino in this country,’ she said. ‘It was humanity and anyone of decent character.’
She also told the thousands of Harris supporters – some dressed in Halloween costumes, ‘I am Puerto Rican.’
‘And yes I was born here and we are Americans,’ Lopez said. ‘You can’t even spell American without Rican,’ she quipped.
Jennifer Lopez expressed outrage at the Puerto Rico dig expressed at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally and asked voters in Nevada to give Kamala Harris a ‘Hollywood ending’
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.
At Trump’s event, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage’ – prompting widespread backlash from the community.
Part of that backlash has been activating new surrogates for Harris – including Lopez, Ricky Martin and Bad Bunny.
Though Hinchcliffe’s remarks were overshadowed Tuesday night when President Joe Biden appeared to call Trump supporters ‘garbage.’
Biden and the White House tried to correct the record to say he was referencing just one ‘gargage’ supporter – that of Hinchcliffe.
After Hinchcliffe’s set went viral, Lopez doubled down on that support of Harris in her Instagram story and the Las Vegas rally appearance was announced.
Nevada – like the other six battleground states – continues to look like a nail-biter.
FiveThirtyEight.com on Thursday said Harris has a 51 percent chance of winning the state, while Trump has a 49 percent chance.
A CNN/SSRS poll released Tuesday showed Trump with 48 percent of the support of likely voters in Nevada and Harris with 47 percent.
Jennifer Lopez (left) and Vice President Kamala Harris (right) hug onstage at a Thursday night rally in Las Vegas, where Lopez addressed the insulting joke about Puerto Rico voiced at former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday
The band Maná performed ahead of Jennifer Lopez and Vice President Kamala Harris’ appearances at a rally on Halloween night in Las Vegas, Nevada
Some supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris dressed up for Halloween during her Thursday night rally in Las Vegas, Nevada
The last time Nevada voted for a Republican in the presidential race was 2004, however President Joe Biden only won the state by 33,596 votes.
While Hinchcliffe’s comments could do far more damage to the Trump campaign in Pennsylvania – where nearly half a million Puerto Ricans live – around 27,000 live in Nevada.
Hinchcliffe also made a more broadly racist jokes about Latinos – which could damage Trump’s prospects in Nevada.
The 2020 census put the number of Latinos in Nevada at 890,257 – or 28.7 percent.
‘These Latinos, they love making babies, too. Just know that they do,’ Hinchcliffe had said at the MSG rally. ‘There’s no pulling out.’
‘They don’t do that. They come inside. Just like they did to our country,’ he added.
Despite Trump’s hardline stance on immigration – and pledge for the largest deportation of illegal immigrants in U.S. history – his campaign had been making inroads with Latino voters.
Rep. Dina Titus signals that there are just five more days until the presidential election. She also told the crowd: ‘I’m one of those childless cat ladies that old crazy ass J.D. Vance likes to talk about … we’ve got to quit p****-footing around’
A supporter stands in front of the Welcome to Las Vegas jumbotron at a rally Thursday night at the Craig Ranch Amphitheater
The CNN poll in Nevada shows Harris with just a one-point advantage – 48 percent to 47 percent – with the voting bloc.
While the tide could turn for the Democratic nominee, she might be running out of time.
Forty-two percent of Nevada’s likely voters who were interviewed for the CNN/SSRS said they had already cast a ballot in the 2024 race.
And during the opening line-up of speakers, Rep. Dina Titus warned that the numbers didn’t look great for Democratic turn-out.
‘But I hate to tell you this, but Nevada is falling behind. No in fact, the Republicans are kicking our a** at the early voting. We cannot let that happen,’ the lawmaker said.
‘I’m one of those childless cat ladies that old crazy ass J.D. Vance likes to talk about,’ Titus also said. ‘We’ve got to quit p****-footing around.’
Earlier Thursday Harris held rallies in Reno, Nevada and Phoenix, Arizona.
