San Juan archbishop condemns racist jokes at Trump's New York rally, demands Trump apologize

Source: MSN/RNS

(RNS) — Amid outrage over racist jokes told at a Donald Trump campaign event in New York City on Sunday (Oct. 27), some Hispanic Christian leaders are raising questions about the Republican candidate’s standing with a crucial ethnic and religious demographic a week before Election Day, with a prominent Puerto Rican bishop demanding a personal apology.

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But in an open letter addressed to Trump and sent to RNS on Monday evening, Archbishop Roberto O. González Nieves of the Archdiocese of San Juan condemned the remarks, saying he is doing so after conferring with his fellow bishops.

“Puerto Rico is not a floating island of garbage,” the letter read. “Puerto Rico is a beautiful country inhabited by a beautiful and noble people, which is why in Spanish it is called ‘un encanto, un edén.’‘” or “an enchantment, an Eden.” He continued, “More Puerto Rican soldiers died in the Vietnam War as part of the United States military than soldiers from any state of the United States.”

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The Franciscan archbishop, part of the Order of Friars Minor, then called on Trump to personally apologize for the remarks, saying it is “not sufficient for your campaign to apologize.”

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