Bad Bunny endorses Kamala Harris following joke about Puerto Ricans at Trump Rally
Puerto Rican singer and rapper Bad Bunny has recently endorsed Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who spoke at a Donald Trump rally in New York, called his homeland a “floating island of garbage.”
The international star endorsed Harris on social media. He first shared a video of Kamala Harris on his Instagram. The singer has more than 45 million followers and a lot of reach in the Latino community. There has been a surge in support for Donald Trump among young Latino males in recent years, and, as such, the Harris campaign is trying to boost support from this demographic.
The comedian who appeared alongside Trump at Madison Square Garden, Hinchcliffe, not only made derogatory remarks about the island of Puerto Rico but also spoke in quite harsh terms about Latino people more broadly.
Bad Bunny signalled his support for Harris moments after Hinchcliffe made the remarks about Puerto Rico at the Trump rally in New York. Hinchcliffe also made crude remarks about Latinos.
Another Puerto Rican star, Ricky Martin, also took to Instagram following the comments made by Hinchcliffe, writing, “This is what they think of us. Vote for @kamalaharris.”
However, after seeing the upset caused by the comments, Trump’s team backpedalled, with his spokesperson, Danielle Alvarez, stating, “This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”
Other icons from the Hispanic community who have come out in support of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz include Jennifer Lopez and singer Marc Anthony.
Bad Bunny has a lot of influence in pop culture and is a three-time Grammy award-winner. He was the most streamed artist on Spotify from 2020 to 2022 and was only surpassed by Taylor Swift last year. He was even named ‘Artist of the Year’ by Apple Music in 2022.
The clip of Kamala Harris Bunny shared on October 27th showed Harris speaking about his home nation, declaring, “There’s so much at stake in this election for Puerto Rican voters and for Puerto Rico.”
He then shared another part of the Harris’ speech where she passionately professes, “I will never forget what Donald Trump did and what he did not do when Puerto Rico needed a caring and a competent leader.”
Puerto Rican-Americans are a critical voter bloc in te 2024 US election and, for a long time, Trump has been more popular. In the key battleground state of Pennsylvania, the majority of the 580,000 eligible Latino voters are of Puerto Rican descent. On October 27th, Harris visited a Puerto Rican restaurant in Philadelphia where she outlined plans to introduce an “economic opportunity taskforce” for Puerto Rico.