Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 23 hours agoPuerto Rico GOP chair threatens to withhold Trump supportwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down14
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minus-square2piradians@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·18 hours agoI can attest to you being half right based on my two Puerto Rican coworkers, both Trumpers. One rationalized his choice by saying two things (paraphrasing his words): Puerto Ricans have the same trash sentiment about Dominicans and aren’t shy about it. So since they dish it out, they should be able to take it. He decided Puerto Rico is trash because the government is corrupt and pockets all the US federal funding. It didn’t bother him that Tony Hinchcliffe, or Trump’s campaign at large has no place saying these things. The other coworker has changed his mind and is NOT ok with the comments. It may be too late since he probably already voted; I’m not going to ask him.
I can attest to you being half right based on my two Puerto Rican coworkers, both Trumpers.
One rationalized his choice by saying two things (paraphrasing his words):
Puerto Ricans have the same trash sentiment about Dominicans and aren’t shy about it. So since they dish it out, they should be able to take it.
He decided Puerto Rico is trash because the government is corrupt and pockets all the US federal funding.
It didn’t bother him that Tony Hinchcliffe, or Trump’s campaign at large has no place saying these things.
The other coworker has changed his mind and is NOT ok with the comments. It may be too late since he probably already voted; I’m not going to ask him.