FoleyFor15
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FoleyFor15
@FoleyFor15
By Authority: Friends of Linda Foley; James A. Michaels, Treasurer Bio: https://t.co/m74yOy3DiW
شامل ہوئے Kasım 2021
350 فالونگ426 فالوورز

🚗💨 Thank you, @delmarylehman, @delegatestewart, & Chair @JPenaMelnyk, for leading a powerful caravan from Maryland to #Pennsylvania to canvass for @KamalaHarris! Our people-powered CASA in Action movement has knocked on ✨127,958 of doors✨ in PA. #Elections2024

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On Saturday, at CASA in Action's Boricua and Immigrant Rising canvassing event, over 600 dedicated volunteers knocked on 127,958 doors in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Check out the amazing legislators who came from MD to PA to canvass for @KamalaHarris ➡️

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Tony Hinchcliffe is my friend. His special comedic aptitude for shattering orthodoxies and offending sensitivities has made him the king of roast comedy. I was therefore dismayed but not shocked at his offensive joke about Puerto Rico at President Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally last weekend. I was also not surprised that the DNC’s allied corporate media did not report the groans of the crowd in response to Tony’s gag but instead leapt to weaponize the joke to validate their mischaracterization of the rally as a rightwing Nazi hate fest. The joke was a gift to DNC strategists striving to blunt President Trump’s exploding support among Latinos. I knew the joke would also hurt the feelings of my many Puerto Rican friends who are accustomed to watching politicians, military brass, and corporate leaders use the island as a dumping ground for substandard business practices while blaming Puerto Ricans for their poverty, poor health, and environmental degradation on the island. The worst of these villains are the pharmaceutical and processed food firms that have buried the island in excess packaging material and toxic waste.
My strong ties to Puerto Rico go back to 1964 when I first visited the island with Sargent Shriver, who was director of LBJ’s War on Poverty. My family already had strong and affectionate relations with Puerto Rican leaders going back to Governor Luis Muñoz Marín, the George Washington of the Commonwealth. I spent the summer of 2001 in a maximum-security prison in Puerto Rico for my role as a leader in the fight to stop the Naval bombardment of Vieques. The Navy’s illegal dumping of millions of tons of highly toxic Naval ordnance had poisoned the fish and birds, destroyed the beaches and forests, and left the island’s people with the highest cancer rates and the highest unemployment in the Caribbean. I named my youngest son Aidan Vieques because the first time I saw him was in the prison’s visitor room. We succeeded in driving the Navy out of Vieques, but the Pentagon left behind millions of tons of unexploded ordnance and toxic waste despite repeated promises and multiple court orders that they remove it. This is some of the “garbage” that Tony was referring to in his unfortunate joke.
Although they recognized his joke was, well — a joke — many Puerto Ricans familiar with these practices still felt wounded by Tony’s words — which seemed to blame Puerto Ricans for the waste that U.S. military, political, and corporate leaders have dumped on their island. But most of the Puerto Ricans with whom I have spoken also recognize that the gag does not represent President Trump’s sympathies toward the island and its people.
Former Governor Ricky Rosello recounted to me that no U.S. president has done more for Puerto Rico in recent decades than President Trump, who came personally to the island after Hurricane Maria hit in 2017 and did everything in his power to make sure that the distressed citizens of the hard-hit island would not feel abandoned by their government. After he and Melania toured the hurricane damage and met with victims, President Trump said that he and the First Lady loved and were praying for the “great, great people” on the “great and beautiful island” of Puerto Rico. “We’re marshaling every federal resource at our disposal,” he said. “We now have more than 15,000 federal personnel on the island. We will not rest until that job is done. Puerto Rico has a long road of recovery ahead, but we know that its people are proud and they are resilient and they will come back strong.”
On Tuesday at a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, he said, “Nobody loves our Latino community and our Puerto Rican community more than I do.” He promised, “I will deliver the best future for Puerto Ricans and Hispanic Americans.”
At the same rally, Zoraida Buxó, Puerto Rico’s shadow Senator, gave President Trump her enthusiastic endorsement. “I strongly and fully support and endorse Donald J. Trump to be our 47th president — to make America great again and, of course, to make Puerto Rico shine again,” Buxó told the crowd. “We need this man back in the White House. We need this man to be our commander-in-chief. He will make us feel safe, and he will protect us.”
As a New York businessman, President Trump watched and appreciated the economic contributions of Puerto Ricans in New York. The tiny island has also given our city a disproportionate share of our greatest politicians, actors, entertainers, and sports heroes.
Given his history of support for Puerto Rico and its people, I am confident that when he is in the White House, President Trump will look out for the best interests of Puerto Ricans and Hispanic Americans, who now make up a big and growing part of the expansive MAGA coalition poised to give him victory on November 5.
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@piersmorgan @TheGarden @realDonaldTrump And was he excited for all the racists vitriol. Puerto Rico= island of garbage. Latinos = baby-making sex machines. African-Americans = watermelon eaters. And that was just one of the speakers. You must have been thrilled to be there.
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Attending my first Trump rally… spoke to him this morning and he was very excited to be holding it in the heart of his old stomping ground. 🗽 @TheGarden @realDonaldTrump

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Comedian @TonyHinchcliffe’s remarks are despicable, misguided, and revolting. What he said is not funny; just as his comments were rejected by the audience, they should be rejected by all! There can be no room for such vile and racist expressions. They do not represent the values of the GOP.
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@ScottforFlorida You support the cult that thinks Puerto Rico is an island of garbage.
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This joke bombed for a reason. It's not funny and it's not true. Puerto Ricans are amazing people and amazing Americans! I’ve been to the island many times. It’s a beautiful place. Everyone should visit! I will always do whatever I can to help any Puerto Rican in Florida or on the island.
The Hill@thehill
Speaker at Trump rally compares Puerto Rico to "island of garbage" trib.al/72lDJlC
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@GlennThrush @washingtonpost I was president of the journalists’ union, The News Guild. And this is b.s.
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Punishing the great, hard working reporters at the @washingtonpost for the decisions made by ownership is staggeringly misguided.
Also reflects the all-too-common misunderstanding of the wall between the journalism and opinion sections in cornerstone outlets like
The Post.
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Are you a Washington Post reader concerned with today’s decision for the Editorial Board to not endorse a candidate this election cycle?
Send a letter to CEO and Publisher Will Lewis and Editorial Page Editor David Shipley: bit.ly/3C0oLrx

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I was president of The News Guild for almost 15 years. I worked as a journalist, trained as journalist and fought for journalists. Today I canceled my subscription to the #WashingtonPost because it can no longer be trusted as a check on the powerful.
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This is a tough one. We need both of these newspapers to survive.
More @TheLastWord 10pm tonight @MSNBC
Christian Bailey 🇺🇸@xoxospacex
Canceled @washingtonpost and @latimes … Feel pretty good about that.
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@JoeyMannarinoUS AND you got a brain-eating worm in the process. Congrats!
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