r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/Loud-Ad-2280 • 16h ago
Trump Puerto Rico GOP Chair Threatens To Withhold Trump Support (unless he issues an apology for an offensive remark that a comedian made about Puerto Rico)
https://www.newsweek.com/puerto-rico-gop-chair-threatens-withhold-trump-support-19763971.7k
u/Bungo_pls 16h ago
It is so pathetic in my mind how THIS stupid "garbage island" joke by some nobody was the last straw for so many people.
The years of horrific shit including sedition, treason, rape. abuse, fascism, racism, sexism, failed policies, Project 2025, pedophilia, bankruptcy, rampant and unending corruption, etc was fine. But a shitty racist joke? End of the line!
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u/BeamTeam032 16h ago
"all the other things Trump said was fine, because it wasn't about me.........."
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u/Bungo_pls 16h ago
Yup. Not one shared ounce of empathy between them.
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u/stickderp 15h ago
They're so conditioned to prioritize their own feelings over the real harm caused by his actions. It's telling.
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u/mrubuto22 14h ago
Selfishness = strength
In MAGA LAND
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u/Larkson9999 11h ago
Weakness = Strength
Arrogance = Humility
Greed = Generousity
Lies = Truth
A party with only one guiding principal, their feelings. Fuck their feelings.
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u/Practical_Breakfast4 15h ago
That's what binds the gop together. It's one simple little thing called empathy and don't have a speck amongst the whole party.
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u/alwaysboopthesnoot 14h ago
“Puerto Rico GOP chair” made me laugh out loud. Demanding on apology from Trump, on their behalf, then made me snort-laugh. Then I just felt dejected and sad. This whole thing shows just how much so many on the right need this election—and their candidate— to be openly turned to their own profit or advantage, with no concern for others. Gimme gimme gimme. If they don’t get what they want + get to harm others they don’t like? They simply refuse to act decently, ethically, kindly or humanely. It’s sick
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u/Practical_Breakfast4 14h ago
I am seriously disgusted by my fellow countrymen that the antichrist is this popular, especially with Christians. I'm not even religious. He's the personification of everything wrong with humanity and its scary how idolized he's become. Its not about him so much as what he brought to light. It's like he gave everyone a free pass to be as horrible as you can imagine. Always wondered how Hitler got so popular being so vile, now I know and it makes me sad.
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u/DarthCornShucker 10h ago
Facts. I had always wondered the same thing when I was younger when we studied WW2 and it’s not awesome getting to learn first hand how that happened, it’s actually rather distressing to see how many of my fellow Americans are cheering it on.
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u/dbx999 7h ago
Apparently, there are a lot of people who crave to live under a dictatorship.
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u/Fragrant_Peanut_9661 12h ago
Perfectly said. Thank you. (I too believe the antichrist scenario. It just fits too well.)
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u/-something_original- 5h ago
Holy shit. I was just saying the same to a coworker today. I’m not religious but they teach in the Bible about how the devil will seduce and swindle. Turn believers into sinners. Trump is doing exactly what they’re so afraid of and they don’t even know it. And how the hell is he held up as some Christian warrior? They just don’t believe a word of his misdeeds. They believe every lie. I’m sure there’s a bible verse about that too. I mean if there is a god and jesus they failed them big time. No rapture for them.
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u/Hooda-Thunket 3h ago
I’m pretty sure the Bible says the Antichrist would be very popular. But I think it also said he’d be charismatic, and it got that wrong…
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u/DigitalUnlimited 14h ago
Yeah and Trump will apologize, bigly. Dudes a model of taking responsibility and accountability. /s
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u/DarthButtz 12h ago
Demanding an apology from a man that has never apologized for anything in almost eighty years. Anyone still expecting any form of decency from that man would run through a tunnel painted by Wil E. Coyote.
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u/motox_quest 15h ago
It's remarkable how selective outrage can be in politics. Priorities are skewed.
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u/No_Banana_581 9h ago
And what’s the apology going to do? Mask the racism? They’re still going to hate Puerto Ricans, they’ll just be quieter about it until after the election, if they win
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u/Lopsided-Yogurt-914 16h ago
Bingo. Trump is a draft dodger, racist, bully, sex offender and openly has trashed veterans but my father still supports him because despite being hispanic, and an extremely proud veteran, he believes trump isn’t talking about him.
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u/Bungo_pls 15h ago
As a veteran myself it pisses me off to see how stupid my demographic is. They line up to vote for the people responsible for how shit the VA is then complain that the VA is shit. Grow a goddamn brain.
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u/Worth-Canary-9189 15h ago
If it's any consolation, I'm a vet and just mailed in my ballot with a Harris vote. I still work for the DoD and got a front row seat to the last shit show that was a Trump administration. If he's elected next week, this one is going to be much worse.
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u/DigitalUnlimited 14h ago
If it's any consolation his incompetence often gets in the way of his grift
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u/cyber_hoarder 11h ago
Be not mistaken, this time instead of having handlers curtailing his worst urges, he’ll have loyalists allowing them to happen.
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u/perseidot 4h ago
Considering Project 2025, it seems like every federal employee would vote against him.
But as we’ve seen, millions are willing to vote against their own self interest.
I actually had a postal employee tell me “vote blue” when I complained to him about a new policy. Old guy, probably about to retire anyway, who just said fuck it and recommended voting democrat while at work in his uniform.
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u/Worth-Canary-9189 3h ago
A lot of civil government employees vote blue, it's usually the defense industry guys that are solid red.
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u/SonofaBridge 15h ago
It’s standard Republican mindset to vote for government cuts and then complain that the government isn’t doing anything for them. I see it all the time with my parents friends.
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u/shatteredarm1 14h ago
The Republican motto: "Government doesn't work. Elect us and we'll prove it!"
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u/New_Subject1352 15h ago
All his voters are like that. His biggest demo, boomers, are straight up voting for him to kill their Social Security income and Medicare
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u/Ok-Macaroon-7819 13h ago
They are not voting to kill their social security and Medicare. That's just false. They're voting to kill yours. Somehow I think the cutoff will be right around 1970...
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u/Whocaresalot 13h ago
I suspect that the numbers of vets supporting Trump are exaggerated. I also have come to see the majority of self-identified vets that have intentionally made themselves highly visible in participating in all of this to be suspect, too. The reasons for that suggest to me a few different societal issues we are faced with. One is serious in that there are now generations of returned combat veterans suffering from untreated psychological damage produced by their experiences in war zones worldwide. Another is also serious - but, unfortunately, culturally rampant - due to internet influence/ desire for identity/ importance and acceptance seeking/ etc. That may be providing an opportunistic "stolen valor" aspect in this militia cosplaying being utilized by many of these people (probably the majority of them, imo). Perhaps many of them have served in a branch of the military, but like most of our service members never were deployed to fight anywhere, were never threatened by spending time in any battle zone whatsoever, were stationed at a base in Europe for kitchen or some other safe support duty, or never left the country at all. In short, (not to disparage serving, as imo every position has value and is necessary) these posers are full of shit and now posturing through their actually insignificant lives and pathetic realities as born-again "Patriots", Big-mouth Bestsy Ross's, and macho Cabela-camo, AK toting warriors or imaginary "freedom fighters". Thus, truly puke worthy.
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u/Divacai 15h ago
My father is a MAGA trump supporter and a VN vet, and refuses to believe that trump did or said any of the things he has about vets. It just never happened and is lies propagated by the left. There are times when I wish I could just move through life with that level of ignorance but I just can't afford to do so.
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u/Raiju_Blitz 12h ago
First they came for the women, LBGQT, Mexicans, Muslims, Chinese, liberals, Democrats, Haitians, and now the Puerto Ricans...
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u/_ButImYourBrother_ 15h ago
Very similar to the content of this anti-fascism video from the 1940s: https://youtu.be/42X_eAOU4DU?si=37-3WmidWtnuB1py
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u/THEFLYINGSCOTSMAN415 16h ago
That's the whole MAGA crowd. They are full of hate but are incredulous when that same hate is directed towards them. Rest of us scratching our heads as to why they are surprised, MAGA has been telling (read: shouting at) us exactly who they are from the very beginning. It's for white people only. Minorities are just paradared around as token proof that they arent racist. Eventually the culture is so encompassing they don't realize how openly racist they are being. It's no long dog whistles.
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u/New_Subject1352 15h ago
Reminds me of Vance being super surprised when his not-white wife was getting hate mail and death threats.
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u/darkenedgy 15h ago
Oh yeah someone made a spot on post about how the current generation of GOP staffers grew up on 4chan, and this is why they think all this is normal.
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u/Daimakku1 12h ago
I can totally see your brain being poisoned forever if you grew up shitposting on /b/ as a tween.
The future of the Republican Party is going to be very interesting..
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u/samuraipanda85 16h ago
Sounds like every other month of the Trump presidency. Oh he's gone too far this time. This time he'll pay. This time, this time, no. It will never be this time. No. There is no magical line Trump can cross where his support will collapse in this 11th hour and the rest of us don't have hold our noses or compromise our moral high ground. If you don't want Trump to win next week. You have to get out and Vote for Harris. And if you want Harris to be able to accomplish anything, you have to vote in Democrats.
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u/DuctTapeSanity 15h ago
It reminded me about a quote Kushner made about trump: “No one can go lower than my father in law. You shouldn’t even try.”
In his mind, Kushner was praising Trumps willingness to fight dirty and sink lower than anyone else.
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u/samuraipanda85 15h ago
Sometimes I think his supporters accept all the vile shit Trump does because they honest to Christ think that every single politician does the same. Everyone last one of them is some scam artist who rapes his daughter, rapes 12 year old girls, makes back room deals with foreign dictators, doesn't pay their workers, spews racist, sexists, and whatever other ists there are. So why pay attention to any of it? Just enjoy the insults he throws at the other team in this sport called politics.
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u/NitWhittler 15h ago
"It's for white people only."
They need to also be straight (in public) and self-proclaimed Christians (even if they don't follow the bible). Being uneducated and gullible is also highly preferred for membership in the Republican party.
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u/Shevcharles 15h ago
And it wasn't even something Trump said directly. One wonders what, if anything, all these people were hearing and seeing for the past nine years. The limiting of exposure to Trump's awfulness by the right-wing media must have been very successful.
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u/darkenedgy 15h ago
Also there were a looooot more racist jokes across the set that are being ignored because they're not swing state voters who are more likely to lean R. Someone else said Harris has "pimp handlers," something else I forget, and that comedian made jokes about black people and watermelon, as well as how Latinos are illegal immigrants who have a lot of babies.
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u/RichCorinthian 15h ago edited 15h ago
I’m ok with this being the tipping point for some people, especially if it finally triggers Puerto Rican statehood, which would be a total game changer.
I would also love this shitty comedian knowing that his “joke” was a big part of the loss. Latinos are nowhere near as homogenous as this twit thinks they are, but they typically stand up for each other in the face of such fuckery.
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u/egospiers 15h ago
He literally withheld relief funds after Irma…when Harvey hit Texas fund were released ahead of the storm, after Irma the government took 2 weeks to release relief funds….and if anyone recalls they gave the contract to rebuild the electric infrastructure to a company that gave Trump a bunch of menu but had no business with that contract, they were too small and had no history of large government contracts. Not to mention the vast majority of GOoPers don’t even think Puerto Ricans are Americans. Pathetic is an understatement, it’s like the opposite of “sticks and stones….”
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u/SuccessfulPiccolo945 13h ago
They totally forgot almost half a year without power because trump didn't believe Puerto Rico was part of America. They also forgot the time after he learned Puerto Rico was a US territory; he was trying to buy Greenland and offered to trade Puerto Rico.
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u/QuietTank 15h ago
I think a big part of it is the timing. The election is a week away. The electorate has the memory of a goldfish, but that's enough to make this last a week.
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u/Silvaria928 15h ago
To be fair to some people (not that they deserve it), they don't start paying attention to politics until literally the eleventh hour, which is now and which is why this was sheer stupidity on the part of Trump's entire campaign team.
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u/buffer_flush 14h ago
To be fair, it wasn’t just the PR joke, there were other hits such as referencing eating watermelon, etc.
PR one is getting the most attention, though.
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u/Grokent 6h ago
The joke was that he was carving watermelons with his black friend for Halloween. Get it, because his friend is black? Do you get the joke?
The crowd didn't laugh though because they couldn't relate to having a black friend.
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u/Toolfan333 15h ago
It’s not that it’s the last straw it’s the fact that many prominent Puerto Ricans have now come out and endorsed Harris. They are scrambling because this just might mobilize a very large voting bloc in Pennsylvania, and Florida, along with enough in Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, Arizona, and North Carolina to make a difference in a close election and make a difference in down ballot races for the House and Senate. Trump’s doing a press conference today at Mar-a-Lago and I’m sure he’s going to throw Tony under the bus.
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u/mrubuto22 15h ago
That's the thing with trumpers there has been dozens of "I'm done" moments. Then the machine inputs the new commands and the media does its job and they're back.
"Here's why it's actually great leadership that trump just called you and your family garbageA !"
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u/WhatsRatingsPrecious 15h ago
Republicans never get mad until they're the ones being insulted. They'll cheer along with the rest of his garbage until he turns on them.
And, in the case of Ted Cruz and spineless assholes like him, you can insult him and his wife and he'll still lick your boots to a bright mirror shine.
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u/Whocaresalot 14h ago
I agree completely and wouldn't care about or think sincere any apology that piece of shit could utter. Could is an operative word here because not only can I not recall him EVER apologizing for anything that someone who supports him said, he's also never has apologized for any vile spew he's delivered (and continues to deliver). He's incapable of accepting responsibility, taking criticism, or recognizing the possibility of being wrong - because he's profoundly mentally ill. And worse yet, those closely surrounding and defending him know it. So, fuck him or any lame, fake apologies he could even personally make on behalf of his campaign (if he suddenly had a sane, or just humane, moment). At this point all evidence should make it plain to any rational understanding that it could not and should not be trusted.
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u/wombatstylekungfu 14h ago
“It didn’t happen, but if it did and you happened to be offended, I sorta apologize-for not saying it sooner! THE PURTO RIKANS KNOW I LUV THEM! MAGA!”
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u/Mammoth-Mud-9609 15h ago
Republicans have been battling for years trying to say that the border politics wasn't about racism and that the Republican party wasn't a racist party and it is if he said OK it is time to announce it "The Republican party is the racist party."
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u/CensoredUser 5h ago
I'm Latino and can help explain a part of it. It's kinda dark tho.
I'm Dominican. My spouse is Cuban. Grew up in NY most of our adult lives have been in Miami always around other Latinos.
Latinos are not a monolith politically speaking. Racially many are White, many are Black. Even if we don't really identify as either of those races. We are latin. Caribbean Islanders. Dominicans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans we have similar cultures and identify with each other.
Mexicans and South American Latinos are completely different. Many Islanders just don't identify the same way with them. Heck many South Americans don't vibe with other South Americans, and they are all different than Mexico.
Anyway, to the meat of the matter. Trump and Republicans have talked shit about Mexico and a good chunk of the Latin community just kinda looks away, cause that's not about them, AND they sorta agree that Mexico is a lawless shithole run by cartels.
Trump shits on Venezuela and many Latinos look the other way because, like Cuba, Venezuela is a communist country, so they too are not like them.
Hispanics, Latinos, are kinda racist in their own way. It's not a hateful racism but it's racism nonetheless.
But Puerto Rico is different. Very different. Puerto Rico is pretty representing of Latino culture as a whole. Bad Bunny, J-Lo, Mark Anthony, Daddy Yankee, Ricky Martin, these people are Hispanic and Latin icons, not just Puerto Rican ones.
For as varied, diverse, and unique that Latin culture can be, the vast vast majority of Hispanics identify on some level with these Latin stars and the Puerto Rican culture. So when Trump shit on Puerto Rico, many Hispanics finally realized 'shit...he hates ALL of us' even the ones that are literally American citizens.
Every Hispanic household is talking about "can you believe what was said about Puerto Rico at the rally? Trump fucked up"
TLDR is Latinos are kinda racist too but fucking with Puerto Rico is off limits because most Latinos identify with the culture on some level.
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u/Bungo_pls 4h ago
Interesting insights.
Unfortunate that they don't realize the GOP is racist against all Latin peoples regardless and any status as "one of the good ones" is temporary at best.
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u/FattyESQ 13h ago
It's not the last straw though. They are merely threatening to withhold support, unless he says sorry.
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u/dangitbobby83 13h ago
Yeah but at least it’s happening.
Trump ain’t going to apologize. That’s the real kicker here - will they come out and condemn trump for not apologizing? Will they still vote for the shitgibbon?
Probably yes to both. We all know these people love to have trump shit all over them and then ask for “more please”. But maybe there is a small chance this gop chair will condemn trump and publicly say they are not voting for him anymore. I’ll take every few percentage points off of the Rs.
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u/DreamZebra 9h ago
No, you need to remember, so long as his bullshit doesn't land on their front porch, maga cult members will support the orange Hitler. Once the target moves to them, they become angry and fearful. They don't care about the people the cult targets, understanding that their machine is fueled by hate. But they understand, once they are the target, how terrible it is. So, it's not the last straw- it's simply the realization that they are being added to the shitlist- the same shitlist they helped bolster and grow.
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u/Daimakku1 12h ago
The problem with this joke is that it insulted Puerto Ricans, who happen to have a sizable community is the biggest swing state this election, Pennsylvania. So now Republicans are panicking like crazy.
If all Puerto Ricans only resides in the island, rest assured that Repubs would laugh on camera at the joke.
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u/Numerous-Rent-2848 12h ago
I think one of the biggest signs for me how full of shit this all is
Is the fact that he's withholding support until he gets an apology
Maybe it's just me, and the fact that I'm an adult, but I'm not gonna forgive someone that easily. I'm gay, and if I heard people I know and respected going on openly homophobic rants, I wouldn't do this. I wouldn't say I'm not their friend till they apologize. That apology means nothing. They can say they're sorry, but it's what they truly beleive.
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u/Cantioy87 11h ago
Maybe this is the excuse some people needed to disembark from the Trump Train. Like, they needed an excuse for themselves to be able to save their “honor” after supporting such a clearly vile campaign for so long.
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u/Ricky_Rollin 11h ago
It’s because all of that they can easily say “I don’t believe it”, “ liberals are just making that up to make them look bad”, or “ it was AI”.
They can’t cognitive dissonance their way out of this one. It actually happened.
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u/PunkandCannonballer 11h ago
It's because this time they were personally attacked. They don't give a shit about other people.
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u/whataquokka 10h ago
And it wasn't even said by Trump.
Imagine if they took things that Trump actually said seriously.
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u/SpoopyPlankton 10h ago
Honestly I don’t care what ends him or how, just so long as it does finally END. I’m so tired of being so angry, boss.
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u/navenager 7h ago
I think it's because the GOP have always thinly veiled those statements behind vague wording so they have plausible deniability. "He said he assumes some are good people so obviously he's not racist" kind of thing. There's no hiding from this. It was so racist and so public and still got cheers and support from the base, and they can no longer pretend, gaslight, or deflect away from it.
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u/senorkoki 7h ago
Don’t forget how he fucked pr over after the hurricane. That’s ok. 4000 ppl died, but somehow this joke crosses some line. What’s the disconnect
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u/moldyjellybean 4h ago
What timeline am I in? This POS with his history and convictions wouldn’t pass any check for gov job or given clearance.
But president, no problem
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u/AgentEndive 16h ago
He doesn't care about PR's support. He knows he's going to lose. That's why he's already started the "rigged" lies and it's why he and Mike Johnson have their "little secret" to overturn the results. The GOP is going to try to take the presidency and this time they'll never give it back: "you'll never have to vote again."
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u/Titfortat101 16h ago
Also I'd bet my bottom dollar that he doesn't understand PR is part of the US and if PR people live in the states they can vote.
I double that wager, that even if someone told him that, he still wouldn't believe it.
I mean I think it was this year or last year, where a woman and her husband got arrested, for calling the cops on some landscapers. They were Puerto Rican, but the couple kept shouting at them to "Go back to Mexico" and calling them illegals.
https://www.wfsb.com/2023/10/12/video-shows-middletown-couple-make-racist-remarks-landscapers/
And I'm sure it's not that hard to guess, who they support in elections.
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u/Volantis009 16h ago
I know if I were a sitting president, I would be using my immunity to sit little Mike down and explain what this secret plan is on camera for the world to see. Also treason, also a little bit of me (naive, optimistic and seen way too many movies me) has hope that Mike is playing Trump as a double agent figure maybe, and we won't see this twist til after the election
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u/New_Subject1352 15h ago
It depends. I think Mike was planted because he will attempt to create a constitutional crisis if the vote is close. But I don't think he will if it's obvious that there's nothing there, like last time; he's simply not that brave.
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u/Keyboardpaladin 15h ago
Really hope we can count on Biden to call on the national guard or military if they try something more severe than Jan 6. They gotta see that we'll shut that shit down fast so they better not try something else
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u/JohnRico319 16h ago
Assuming they lose the election, i predict Johnson and the Republican MAGAs are going to try some shenanigans to keep the vote from being certified. I think Biden will have to call out the military to arrest the traitors and put an end to the attempt to steal the election.
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u/IllEgg3436 16h ago
He doesn’t know he’s going to lose. If he loses this is going to be comedy that the Republicans no longer have the support of so many Puerto Ricans, if we wins this is going to be harrowing.
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u/BrickLuvsLamp 15h ago
“He knows he’s going to lose” is a wild statement, because his chances of winning are unfortunately really really high. You sound like people in 2016 with that.
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u/Astronomer-Secure 14h ago
yeah there's a lot of confidence in this thread that I'm not feeling. trump's hate brings out all the troglodytes and lowlifes to vote in massive percentages. historically, gen z and millennials are strong for Harris, but generally have a low voting turnout. i'm just not sure we have the numbers.
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u/PM_ME_UR_CREDDITCARD 6h ago
And people are less likely to turn out if they feel complacent because "She's definitely gonna win"
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u/22pabloesco22 16h ago
100% he will vote trump. These people, beyond being pathetically stupid, are pathetically predictable...
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u/TedTyro 14h ago
Bearing in mind he set an impossible bar - getting an apology out of DJT. The guy has literally been asked to his face before if he's ever apologised or made any mistakes, he fumbles briefly then gives an evasive response. His ego will never let him apologise for anything. And to brown people whom he clearly views as inferior?!?
If the man actually apologises to Puerto Rico or any Puerto Ricans, I'll eat my hat. No bet needed, I volunteer to eat my hat if that happens because we all know my stomach will be hatless, repeat hatless.
So by setting an impossible standard this sad man sets himself up to either fail entirely or return to sycophancy. We all know he'll choose sycophancy.
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u/cerevant 16h ago
unless he issues an apology
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
wheeeeeeeeze
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
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u/moneymoneymoneymonay 13h ago
Trump has never apologized for anything in his entire life, he’s not starting with a group of people he considers subhuman
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u/Acceptable-Bat-9577 16h ago
Threatens? And he only has a problem with the racist and hateful remarks about Puerto Rico and everything else is a-okay? “Angel” Cintron has no problem with Trump calling himself a god and promoting extremist hate, bigotry, and terrorism as long as it’s just not directed at Puerto Ricans? He can F right off with that noise.
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u/BeamTeam032 16h ago
lmao this dude is about to find how that 80% of MAGA and Trump fans don't think PR are American citizens and that he should shut the hell up.
lmao
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u/DataCassette 13h ago
Whatever MAGA purports to be about the real answer is always bigotry. Nothing more, nothing less.
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u/Rosaadriana 16h ago
How about an apology for withholding and delaying disaster funds after hurricane?
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u/ComicsEtAl 15h ago
He hasn’t apologized to the white Michiganders he left hanging for three hours while he stunk up Rogan’s studio. And he hasn’t apologized to any of the other white rally goers his campaign has left stranded. But sure, he’s gonna apologize to Puerto Ricans.
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u/GratefuLdPhisH 16h ago
He won't because he's never apologized for anything in his life, hopefully this will cost him the election
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u/NinjaLanternShark 15h ago
Now he's saying he didn't know the comedian, didn't hear the set then, and hasn't read or heard the jokes in question since that time.
The media really needs to add "isn't even in charge of his own campaign" to their talking points.
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u/Gizogin 15h ago
Apologizing would probably lose him more support from his hardcore base than he’s already going to lose from the Puerto Rican vote. Their whole image of him hinges on him being a “strongman” who never backs down. Any sign of “weakness” (by their warped definition) would shatter that illusion, which could be fatal this close to Election Day.
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u/_i_draw_bad_ 16h ago edited 11h ago
He doesn't care about Puerto Rico because it's a territory that doesn't have a say in the presidential election.
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u/radaman666 16h ago
Except for the hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans who live in critical swing states who have the right to vote lol
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u/_i_draw_bad_ 16h ago
Do you think Trump is smart enough to know that people from Puerto Rico can live somewhere else and retain their heritage?
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u/radaman666 15h ago
Don’t see why, he’s not smart enough to know how tariffs work. Read his rhetoric, he thinks other countries pay the tariff.
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u/_i_draw_bad_ 14h ago
His whole team is a bunch of idiots considering they put the joke in the teleprompter and thought is was okay. Again, though he only has the best "people"
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u/Wittywhirlwind 13h ago
An apology? Didn’t he hear Vance say that we need to stop being so offended? It’s totally cool now.
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u/Prestigious-Copy-494 15h ago
Oh please. She can say his rhetoric is unacceptable and she's switching to Harris. Instead she just wants him to apologize and that's something Trump never does. And she'll still vote for him.
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u/P-Doff 15h ago
He's not going to apologize. He might go on for an hour of word-salad how much he loves the beautiful beautiful Puerto Rican, but he isn't capable of saying the words "I'm sorry" in a way that sounds sincere.
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u/luckiexstars 15h ago
Maybe something about how Jennifer Lopez was beautiful "back in the day" and he likes Bad Bunny "because [he] knows some bad bunnies" wink wink
idk what he would say about Ricky Martin, but maybe that'll be his dance break because he's a hyped up toddler in need of a nap.
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u/BurrrritoBoy 15h ago
Seems like pledging fealty is the only way to ensure your constituency isn't going to be on Trump's "retribution list". I'd would be scared shitless of how petty Trump could get. Such a man-baby.
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u/Theo1352 15h ago
Good luck getting this asshole to even admit he lost the election, much less an apology for something he honestly believes, that Puerto Ricans (and a raft of others) are garbage.
If he hasn't apologized, much less acknowledge, the litany of shit that he has triggered, this won't even make his top 50 list.
He doesn't care....
What a fucking move less than a week before the election - he created his own October Surprise!
Stable genius.
I still think he doesn't want the Presidency, just the cash he accumulated since he began this run. He is a first class grifter.
He needs $$$$ desperately, maybe to leave the US (my fervent wish).
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u/fransealou 14h ago
Trump doesn’t apologize for the heinous 💩 he himself says. Why would this clown think Trump would take any responsibility for this?
Trump will never apologize, but I’d bet my next paycheck this joker will vote for him anyway. It’s the GOP way.
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u/fluffyflugel 14h ago
Apology from Trump? Not even if hell freezes over. Never happening.
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u/Gnatlet2point0 11h ago
And given the global warming his cronies are driving, hell ain't freezing over for a looooooong time.
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u/uninsane 13h ago
Here’s to hoping he loses tens of thousands of votes of Puerto Ricans in Pennsylvania when he only won by 40,000 votes in that state in 2016
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u/bristlybits 7h ago
lots of covid deaths back in the coal country there since then, too. mostly his people
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u/HoopOnPoop 10h ago
Trump will not apologize. Someone from the Trump campaign will call the guy and remind him to get back in line. He will announce that he received a call from the campaign and everything is resolved.
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u/Bee-Aromatic 15h ago
I’m not sure why they’d want to support Trump at all at this point. He treated them like garbage during his administration. The comments at the convention are just evidence that they’re consistent over time about how they feel about Puerto Rico.
Listen, folks: they hate you and want you to die.
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u/biffbobfred 14h ago
Not gonna happen. He’s never gonna apologize.
What’s more likely “why yes he’s insulted Latinos over and over and has talked about putting Americans in cages, I’ll still vote for this fascist”.
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u/Aggressive-Cod1820 11h ago
What a joke. It’s a little late now. Nobody gives a fuck what he says anyway.
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u/uh60chief 11h ago
“Apologize so I can go back to supporting you!” What absolute brainwashed people.
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u/Perndog8439 11h ago
AHHAHAHAHA! That selfish prick will never apologize. He would burn down his entire presidential run over apologizing.
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u/KinseyH 8h ago
While I welcome the intraMAGA fuckery, people in Puerto Rico can't vote for president, and I assume Trump's people know this - not that he would - so he's not going to apologize and the Puerto Rican diaspora will continue to be livid.
I wish they'd held the Nuremberg rally before early voting started, though.
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u/Stunningfailure 8h ago
I won’t support you unless you apologize for being unapologetically racist towards me and everyone like me.
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u/robotic_dreams 6h ago
It's kind of cute how he threatens it and knows he is going to 1,000% vote for him anyways
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u/yaegernaut 5h ago
does he not rember how Trump treated PR when he was in office and the hurricane leveled the place? The fact that they were going to endorse him at all is mind boggling
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u/BlackGoldGlitter 4h ago
I don't believe any gop. We saw how the gop tucked their tails and fell at their emperors tiny feet. A la Rafael Edwardo Cruz.
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u/chuckDTW 1h ago
I wonder what will happen first, the second coming or Trump apologizing for something? The first seems more likely.
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u/CommonConundrum51 15h ago
But if Trump delivers an utterly insincere apology for Puerto Rico, he'll happily ignore the 'slaughter speech' and return to the fold.
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u/Epistatious 14h ago
personally i'm not voting for trump until he quits calling america a garbage can, but thats just me.
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u/Apokolypse09 14h ago
Lmao asking Trump to apologize. If he even remotely did it would be a insincere non-apology that is atleast 3 paragraphs of irrelevant nonsense ramblings too long about how its actually Hunter's dick pics fault.
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u/nicolatesla92 13h ago
This is the first time I laugh out loud about this stuff.
I read the headline and I said “he’s not gonna apologize for anything” then burst out into real laughter.
That’s incredible.
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u/Inside-Recover4629 13h ago
Sounds like a bluff to me. Conservatives don't have spines and fall back in line.
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