Bad Bunny backs Harris after comedian’s Puerto Rico joke at Trump rally

Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Sunday, shortly after a comedian at former President Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally joked that Puerto Rico was a “floating island of garbage.” “, and made other offensive jokes about Latinos. .

Bad Bunny, whose official name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, shared a video with his 45 million Instagram followers supporting Harris shortly after Tony Hinchcliffe made a crude joke about Puerto Rico and Latinos on Sunday. A representative for the artist confirmed to The Associated Press that he is supporting Harris.

Harris, who visited a Puerto Rican restaurant in North Philadelphia early Sunday to court Hispanic and Latino voters in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania, said in a video shared by Bad Bunny. “There is a lot at stake in this election for Puerto Rican voters. For Puerto Rico.”

In a show of support, Bad Bunny retweeted another clip Harris made on Puerto Rico, saying, “I’ll never forget what Donald Trump did and didn’t do when it came to taking care of Puerto Rico. A good and capable leader was needed.”

Walls repeated Clinton’s attack in which Trump’s Madison Square Garden event echoed the Nazi rally of the 1930s.

Bad Bunny performs onstage during their “Most Wanted” tour at State Farm Arena on May 15, 2024 in Atlanta. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

Bad Bunny also shared a portion of the clip that shows Harris as Trump “leaves the island, trying to withhold aid after back-to-back devastating hurricanes and nothing more than paper towels and insults.” Nothing was given.”

Hinchcliffe’s remarks at a Trump rally were quickly dismissed by the Trump campaign, with campaign spokesman Daniel Alvarez later releasing a statement saying “the joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”

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Bad Bunny, a 30-year-old Puerto Rican recording artist who has sung hits like “Dakiti” and “Titi Me Preguntó,” has won three Grammy Awards. He was the most streamed artist on Spotify in 2020, 2021 and 2022, and was surpassed only by Taylor Swift in 2023. He was named Artist of the Year by Apple Music in 2022.

Hinchcliffe at Netflix event

Tony Hinchcliffe attends the Netflix Live Comedy Event “The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady” at the Kia Forum on May 5, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images)

The Puerto Rican vote is sizable in Pennsylvania, the toughest swing state contest in the 2024 election. Other Puerto Rican singers such as Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have already expressed their support for Harris. Trump has also received support from other popular island stars such as Anvil AA and Nicky Jam.

Bad Bunny has been vocal about criticizing Puerto Rico’s electrical system, which was devastated by Hurricane Maria. In a 2022 music video for his song “El Apagon”, the artist calls out the company Loma Energy, which handles transmission and distribution, for the island’s continued power outages.

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One of their latest songs, “Una Valletta” is also a protest against the government’s response to the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017.

In 2020, Bad Bunny allowed the Biden campaign to use one of his hits, “Peru or Not,” in a TV ad.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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