News of Trump aid to #PuertoRico will do one thing for him that few are talking about: solidify a bit more the 30%-40% of Puerto Rican voters in FL and PA who are more ideologically aligned to GOP and Independents than to Dems. A lot of PR's current leaders are Trump supporters.
It would be foolish of people who THINK they know about Puerto Rico to just easily conclude that this will piss off ALL Puerto Rican voters off is places like FL and PA. Quite the contrary.
So, once again, Trump and as a result his campaign are doing what they have been doing for a while now: get the Latino voters who are voting for him to get excited about that, which is why Biden PR plan was not bold enough.
I stand by these tweets and would welcome all you new Puerto Rico "experts" to learn a bit about this. You would be surprised by how many Puerto Ricans in FL and PA are Trump supporters. Imagine if Dems did real outreach and connection.
You think I am wrong? Two clear examples: Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis. Both did well with Puerto Rican voters in FL, while Bill Nelson and Andrew Gillum were a bit late to the game.
So maybe, just maybe, all you non-Puerto Rican political journalists should take a pause and listen to actual Puerto Ricans on this one?
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