Jennifer Lopez Fights Back Tears In Searing Rebuke To Trump Rally's Racist Remarks

Source: Huff Post

Nov 1, 2024, 04:37 PM EDT


Jennifer Lopez has a message for voters, days after speakers spewed racist rhetoric at a Donald Trump rally in New York City: The former Republican president showed Americans who he really is.

The singer and actor delivered an emotional speech in support of Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s 2024 rival for the White House, at a Thursday event in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Lopez called out wildly problematic jokes made Sunday by Trump rally speaker Tony Hinchcliffe, who referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”

Hinchcliffe and others at Madison Square Garden also made xenophobic remarks, as well as racist comments about Black people, Palestinians and Jewish people.

“At Madison Square Garden, he [Trump] reminded us who he really is and how he really feels,” Lopez said on Thursday. “It wasn’t just Puerto Ricans that were offended that day. It was every Latino in this country. It was humanity and anyone of decent character.” “I am an American woman,” she later said. “I am the daughter of Guadalupe Rodríguez and David Lopez, a proud daughter and son of Puerto Rico.” “We are Americans,” she added.

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