Reggaeton star Nicky Jam rescinded his support for Donald Trump on Wednesday after the comedian called Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash.” At a rally at Madison Square Garden For the former president.
Puerto Rican Nicky Jam announced to his 42 million social media followers that he was rescinding his endorsement. He endorsed Trump during a campaign rally in Las Vegas in September.
“I never imagined that a month later a comedian would come out and criticize my country and say bad things about my country,” he wrote in Spanish in an Instagram post. We renounce any support for it.”
Why did Nicky Jam support Trump?
In an Instagram video on Wednesday, Nicky Jam explained that she supported Trump “because I think it’s what’s best for the U.S. economy, which is where a lot of Latinos live, including myself. As a businessman, I thought that was the best thing to do, and many immigrants there are suffering because of the economy and Trump. ”
His endorsement in September came as part of a coordinated policy. Efforts by the Trump campaign Connecting with prominent Puerto Rican voices in the cultural world as a way to court the community in what could prove decisive in November.
Even though President Trump was unfamiliar with the artists, his campaign courted them with, “You know Nicki? She’s hot!” Trump said this at the rally before Nicky Jam took the stage — the artist took to the microphone with the former president and told the crowd, “We need Donald Trump as president again.”
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The support sparked an immediate backlash on social media among fans and fellow Latino artists, upset by the support and feeling that the artist had been insulted by Trump. Among those who criticized the artist were Mexican rock band Mana, who deleted a 2016 song with Nicky Jam and said in a social media post that they “will not work with racists.” There were too. Nicky Jam ultimately withdrew his endorsement from Instagram.
Sunday’s “Trash” comment Comments made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at a Trump rally sparked outrage among key voter groups days before Election Day.
Among the celebrities in attendance were Jennifer Lopez, Ariana DeBose and Ricky Martin. “Puerto Rico, this is what they think of us. Vote for Kamala Harris,” Martin, who has more than 18 million followers, posted on Instagram.
President Trump responded to questions about the incident on Tuesday, saying he didn’t know who Hinchcliffe was and didn’t realize any of the jokes Hinchcliffe told. “It’s no one’s fault, but someone said something terrible,” he told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. Trump added: “I don’t know if it’s a big deal, but I don’t want anyone to make mean jokes or stupid jokes. He probably shouldn’t have been there.”
Trump made two stops in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, focusing on the Latino vote. he talked about it, Puerto Rican community, He did not directly address Mr Hinchcliffe’s comments. “I’m very proud that we have the support of Latinos that we’ve ever had,” President Trump said at a rally at the PPL Center in Allentown. “No one loves the Latino and Puerto Rican communities more than I do.”
There are more than 579,000 eligible Latino voters in Pennsylvania, according to the UCLA Institute for Latino Policy and Politics.
On Sunday, the same day as the Trump rally in New York, Harris posted a video on her social media platforms emphasizing job creation, cutting red tape for disaster recovery funding and working with world leaders. He promised to create a Puerto Rico task force. Island for reliable and affordable power.
Reggaeton musician and singer Bad Bunny Global superstar from Puerto Ricoshared a video of the vice president with his 45 million followers on his Instagram account, and later shared a video of Harris criticizing President Trump for his response to Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island in 2017. I cut it out and posted it.
A source close to Bad Bunny confirmed to CBS News that the Instagram post expressed support for the vice president and broke with Bad Bunny’s tradition of staying out of national politics.
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