Jennifer Lopez has a message for voters, days after audio system spewed racist rhetoric at a Donald Trump rally in New York Metropolis: The previous Republican president confirmed People who he actually is.
The singer and actor delivered an emotional speech in assist of Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s 2024 rival for the White Home, at a Thursday occasion in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Lopez known as out wildly problematic jokes made Sunday by Trump rally speaker Tony Hinchcliffe, who referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of rubbish.”
Hinchcliffe and others at Madison Sq. Backyard additionally made xenophobic remarks, in addition to racist feedback about Black folks, Palestinians and Jewish folks.
“At Madison Sq. Backyard, he [Trump] reminded us who he actually is and the way he actually feels,” Lopez said on Thursday. “It wasn’t simply Puerto Ricans that had been offended that day. It was each Latino on this nation. It was humanity and anybody of respectable character.”
“I’m an American lady,” she later mentioned. “I’m the daughter of Guadalupe Rodríguez and David Lopez, a proud daughter and son of Puerto Rico.”
“We’re People,” she added.
Elsewhere in her speech, Lopez fought again tears as she inspired folks to vote.
“I promised myself I wouldn’t get emotional. However you understand what? You realize what? We needs to be emotional. We needs to be upset. We needs to be scared and outraged. We should always,” she mentioned.
“Our ache issues. We matter. You matter,” she continued. “Your voice and your vote issues.”
The Trump marketing campaign confronted swift backlash after the New York rally.
This week, Puerto Rican celebrities akin to Dangerous Bunny and Ricky Martin pushed again in opposition to the rhetoric from the Republican’s occasion. Actor Aubrey Plaza, who has Puerto Rican heritage, equally decried Hinchcliffe’s “disgusting comment.”
In the meantime, Trump has tried to distance himself from the stand-up. His staff has mentioned that the “rubbish” joke “doesn’t mirror the views of President Trump or the marketing campaign.”
However the former president has additionally downplayed the racist and problematic rhetoric from his occasion.
On Tuesday, he described the New York Metropolis rally as “an absolute lovefest.”
