#Zoraida Buxó

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Sam Levine at The Guardian:

Donald Trump praised Puerto Ricans on Tuesday during a Pennsylvania rally, days after a comedian made a racist joke and referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage” at one of his rallies.

“Nobody loves our Latino community and our Puerto Rican community more than I do,” the former president said a little over an hour into a rally in Allentown, in the Lehigh Valley, which has a sizable Latino population. More than 68,000 people – over half of the total population – in Allentown are Hispanic or Latino, according to US census data. A few blocks from the rally, a home had a Puerto Rican flag posted on the door. He also claimed that he had done a lot for Puerto Rico as president. Trump drew ridicule for tossing paper towels into a crowd on the island after it was ravaged by a hurricane; blocked hurricane aid; and mused about selling the island. He also again praised the rally at Madison Square Garden, saying “the love was unbelievable” and told a rambling story about watching a SpaceX rocket that lasted longer than his discussion of Puerto Ricans.

Many of the speakers on Tuesday, including the Puerto Rican official Zoraida Buxó, emphasized their Puerto Rican heritage, signaling the campaign’s effort to win Puerto Rican voters in Pennsylvania, the key battleground state in this election, where polls show a tight race. “We won’t get rattled, we won’t yield to ignorance, foolishness, or irrational thoughtlessness,” she said. Senator Marco Rubio, another speaker at the rally, also joined Trump onstage during the former president’s remarks to share with the crowd comments from Joe Biden on Tuesday in which the president condemned the remarks about Puerto Ricans and said: “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters – his – his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American”, according to a White House transcript. After Republicans circulated a clip of the statement, calling it an attack on Trump supporters, Biden put out a statement saying he meant to refer to the comedian who made the joke. A small protest arrived outside the arena just before the rally began on Tuesday. Some of the protesters were carrying signs that said Latinos for Harris-Walz, while others wore the Puerto Rican flag.

At his Allentown rally last night, serial anti-Latino bigot Donald Trump gaslit every person in America and Puerto Rico by saying that "nobody loves our Latino community and our Puerto Rican community more than I do."

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US election: Harris faces Gaza protest at Ellipse, Trump focuses on Latino vote during Pennsylvania rally, Biden calls Trump supporters “garbage”

With a week to go until the US presidential election, the fight continues to heat up, with Kamala Harris facing mass protests in Washington and Joe Biden calling supporters of Republican candidate Trump “garbage.”

Harris faces Gaza protest during Ellipse speech

US Vice President and Democrat Kamala Harris, who is campaigning in Washington, faced protests from hundreds of people expressing disapproval of her administration’s policy on the Gaza Strip.

With the November 5 presidential election just a week away, Harris held a rally on the Capital Ellipse – the same place where former President Donald Trump addressed his supporters before attacking the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Her speech drew tens of thousands of people, underscoring the high stakes of the final stretch of the campaign.

As she addressed the crowd, making her campaign’s closing argument, about 300 demonstrators began chanting slogans criticising the Biden-Harris administration’s Gaza policy, drawing attention to civilian casualties.

Demonstrators held signs calling for an arms embargo on Israel and chanted:

“Kamala, what do you say? We won’t vote for you on election day. How many kids did you kill today?”

Protesters maintained their presence throughout Harris�� speech and then marched with banners down a nearby street leading to the White House.

Trump attempts to recover Latino support with Pennsylvania rally

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made a call for Latino support in Allentown, Pennsylvania, shortly after his controversial rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

The event took place Tuesday night as Trump continues to grapple with the fallout from the New York rally, where the comedian compared Puerto Rico to a “floating island of garbage.”

On stage in Allentown, however, Trump seemed to brush off the controversy. He said to cheers:

“I’m so proud that we’re getting support from Latinos like never before. We’re setting every record. Hispanics, Latinos — nobody loves our Latino community and our Puerto Rican community more than I do.”

As if to prove his point, the Republican leader surrounded himself on stage with members of the Latino community.

Mayoral candidate Tim Ramos, Cuban American Senator Marco Rubio and Zoraida Buxó, a shadow senator from Puerto Rico, all spoke at the Allentown event on his behalf. It was a show of defiance for Trump, who has been plagued by scandals in the past, causing some critics to call him the “Teflon Don”.

But the rally in Allentown was also a risky gambit because it put him at the centre of a community that would have felt the sting of the remarks at Madison Square Garden acutely.

Lehigh County, home to Allentown, has the largest Hispanic community in Pennsylvania, which is a crucial voting place. According to the 2020 Census, Lehigh County has 96,981 Hispanics out of 374,557 residents. That represents more than a quarter of the population.

Crucial battleground

Pennsylvania is the fifth most populous state in the US, and as such, it could bring a significant number of electoral college votes to whichever candidate wins the state.

Trump is therefore campaigning hard in Pennsylvania, hoping to win 19 electoral college votes. But he and his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, are virtually tied in that state. A poll conducted by CBS News and YouGov over the past week showed both candidates with 49 per cent support.

Nearly 9 percent of the state’s population identifies as Latino. In his speech, Trump sought to adapt his vision of the US economic downturn under Harris to a Latino audience. Trump told his supporters:

“I will deliver the best future for Puerto Ricans and Hispanic Americans. Kamala will deliver you poverty and crime.” 

Still, the shadow of the rally at Madison Square Garden loomed over the course of events in Allentown.

The rally was widely condemned as racist, and it led the Trump campaign, if not Trump himself, to distance himself from comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who called Puerto Rico an island of “garbage.” One of the speakers at Tuesday’s rally in Allentown, Senator Rubio, was rumoured to be a candidate for Trump’s running mate.

A day earlier, he defended Trump on social media, writing, “Puerto Rico is not trash, it is home to American citizens who have contributed so much to our country.” He also added:

“I understand why some people were offended by a comedians jokes last night. But those weren’t Trump’s words. They were jokes by an insult comic who offends virtually everyone, all the time.”

White House seeks to play clean up after Biden calls Trump supporters “garbage”

The White House sought to play down President Joe Biden’s comments after he unleashed a firestorm by calling Trump supporters “garbage.”

During Vice President Kamla Harris’ virtual conversation with Voto Latino, Biden characterised former President Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden, which hit the headlines after offended comedian Tony Hinchiff made jokes about different ethnic groups and in one joke called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage”. He said:

“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters. Trump’s demonisation of Latinos is unconscionable, and it is un-American.”

His remarks were quickly compared to Hillary Clinton calling half of Trump’s supporters a “basket of deplorables” in 2016, which many believe undermined her campaign.

White House spokesman Andrew Bates told Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich that President Biden “called the hate speech at the Madison Square Garden rally “garbage”. He said:

“The president was referencing a joke by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe in which he likened Puerto Rico to an island of floating ‘garbage’ in the middle of the ocean.”

The White House previously told NBC News that the president was referring to Hinchcliffe. Biden later sought to clarify his comments, saying he was condemning Hinchcliffe’s remarks, not Trump supporters. Biden wrote on X:

“Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump’s supporters at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage—which is the only word I can think of to describe it. His demonisation of Latinos is unconscionable. That’s all I meant to say. The comments at that rally don’t reflect who we are as a nation.”

Trump campaign national spokeswoman Carolyn Leavitt said in a statement that Biden and Harris “despise the tens of millions” who support the Republican nominee.

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Puerto Rico Senator Endorses Trump At Rally

US Shadow Senator from Puerto Rico, Zoraida Buxo Santiago. greets former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 2024.

One of the two “Shadow Senators” of Puerto Rico has endorsed 45th President Donald J. Trump following a joke made by “Kill Tony” host and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe during Trump’s New York Madison Square Garden rally.

On Tuesday, Republican Shadow Senator Zoraida Buxó spoke at a Trump rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, before the former GOP president took the stage.

She spoke to the people of Pennsylvania since one-quarter of the population of Allentown, 126,000 residents, are of Puerto Rican descent. In the entire Keystone State, about 500,00 residents are Puerto Rican as well.

“We Hispanics are part of the soul of this country. We have made a difference, and we will again make a difference in this coming election to bring about much-needed change,” she said. “I urge you to watch out and stay focused on what is truly important when you go to cast your vote … We need change and Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are not the option to bring about the kind of change that you need and want.” “We need the leadership of Donald J. Trump as our Commander-in-Chief and Dave McCormick for a renewed leadership in the United States Senate,” she concluded.

Shadow Senators are elected officials who are tasked with advocating for their territories. What differentiates them from “regular” Senators, is that they are not seated in the upper chamber.

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Tribunal de Apelaciones confirma la multa de $5,000 a Melinda Romero por no rendir informes financieros

Melinda Romero es otro veneno como lo fue su padre. Se enganchan en puestos políticos para guisar sin hacer nada por el país.

La delegada electa por la estadidad había impugnado la autoridad de la Oficina de Ética Gubernamental para exigirle esa información.

Un panel de tres jueces del Tribunal de Apelaciones confirmó una multa de $5,000 en contra de la delegada electa por la estadidad Melinda Romero Donnelly por no rendir informes financieros ante la Oficina de Ética Gubernamental (OEG).

“No hay duda de que la querellada (Romero Donnelly) tenía la obligación ineludible de presentar informes financieros ante la OEG, tal como ha sido requerido por la dirección ejecutiva de dicha Oficina, y como radicaron el resto de las personas que componen el cargo de delegados congresionales”, indicó el martes el panel integrado por los jueces Fernando Rodríguez Flores, quien escribió la decisión, Sol de B. Cintrón Cintrón y Monsita Rivera Marchand.

De esta forma, se confirma la decisión administrativa emitida por la OEG, aunque Romero Donnelly, exsenadora del Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP), tiene aún la oportunidad de recurrir ante el Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico.

A pesar de que Romero Donnelly presentó el informe financiero de 2020, al asumir el puesto de delegada electa para cabildear por la estadidad en el Senado de Estados Unidos, impugnó la autoridad de la OEG para requerirle el informe de 2021. Inicialmente, fue multada por $100, pero, ante su insistencia en no reconocerle autoridad a la OEG, la multa quedó en $5,000.

La OEG ha insistido en que, como funcionarios electos de carácter público, los delegados por la estadidad tienen la obligación de rendir sus informes financieros, al igual que otros altos funcionarios del gobierno de Puerto Rico.

Romero Donnelly argumentó que los delegados no son empleados de la Administración de Asuntos Federales (PRFAA) –que le paga un salario de $90,000 anuales a tres de los cuatro que siguen en sus puestos, además de poder reembolsarles gastos de hasta $30,000 anuales– y que la ley no les obliga a rendir informes financieros.

“No encontramos base jurídica racional para arribar a un resultado distinto al que llegó la OEG…. La OEG actuó dentro del marco de su discreción, apoyada en la ley y conforme a la política pública que le corresponde implantar”, concluyó el panel de jueces.

De seis delegados electos para cabildear por la estadidad, quedan cuatro en sus puestos, que vencen el 31 de diciembre sin derecho a la reelección.

Dos de ellos, el exgobernador Ricardo Rosselló Nevares,quien no cobra salario ni recibe reembolsos, y Roberto Lefranc Fortuño, han seguido rindiendo sus informes financieros ante la OEG.

Sin embargo, tanto Romero Donnelly como Zoraida Buxó han impugnado la autoridad de la OEG para requerirle esa información.

Hace unos meses, Buxó solicitó ante el Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico una reconsideración de la negativa a examinar el caso en el que retó la jurisdicción de la OEG para requerirle informes financieros anuales.

La OEG ha advertido que la Ley 1-2012 define al “servidor público” –entre otras cosas– como “persona en el gobierno que interviene en la formulación e implantación de la política pública o no, aunque desempeñe su encomienda permanente o temporalmente, con o sin remuneración”.

“En el caso ante nos, ambas partes han estipulado, y así ha sido recogido en esta resolución, que la querellada cumple con la definición de ‘servidor público’ dispuesta en el Artículo 1.2″, indicó la OEG en su decisión administrativa de enero pasado, la cual apeló sin éxito Romero Donnelly.

Fuente: ElNuevoDia

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