Jennifer Lopez has had it with Donald Trump.
On Thursday night time, the actress/singer took to the stage in Nevada to talk to a crowd of Kamala Harris supporters.
The celebrity was understandably labored up a number of days after Donald Trump held a rally inside Madison Sq. backyard that featured numerous racist remarks — most notably comic Tony Hinchcliffe referring to Puerto as a “floating island of garbage.”
For these unaware, Lopez’s mother and father are from this United States territory.
“At Madison Square Garden, he reminded us who he really is and how he really feels,” Lopez stated of Trump.
“It wasn’t just Puerto Ricans who were offended that day, okay? It was every Latino in this country, it was humanity and anyone of decent character.”
Preach, J. Lo. Preach!
“This is our country, too,” Lopez added on Thursday night time.
At one level, she even fought again tears. However she embraced and defined the emotion.
“You know what? We should be emotional. We should be upset. We should be scared and outraged. We should. Our pain matters. We matter,” Lopez stated. “Your voice and your vote matters.”
Over the previous a number of days, loads of Puerto Rican celebrities have come out swinging in opposition to Donald Trump.
Dangerous Bunny, for instance, posted a prolonged video on Tuesday that additionally aimed to take Trump down.
“I will never forget what Donald Trump did and what he did not do when Puerto Rico needed a caring and a competent leader,” Harris says within the footage, referencing the injury the island suffered following Hurricane Maria.
“He abandoned the island, tried to block aid after back-to-back devastating hurricanes and offered nothing more than paper towels and insults.”
Hundreds of Puerto Ricans died through the 2017 hurricane.
Elsewhere, Ricky Martin tagged Harris in his Instagram story submit Sunday, writing: “I remember” in response to her video recalling Trump’s response to Puerto Rico.
Martin additionally shared video of Hinchliffe’s feedback, writing in Spanish to his 18.5 million Instagram followers,
“This is what they think of us. Vote for @kamalaharris.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda re-shared Martin’s submit and adopted up with a message detailing the “disrespect and racism” he felt from the Trump administration, together with of their response to Hurricane Maria.
“Yesterday the Trump campaign gave a comedian a national platform to sling racist jokes, including one calling Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage.’ But I’m old enough to remember the days after Hurricane Maria, when former president Trump TREATED us like garbage. And when criticized for his inaction, called our people lazy,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning songwriter’s Instagram caption learn.
He ended his assertion by sharing his presidential endorsement:
I’m voting for VP Kamala Harris. In case you are eligible to vote, please vote.
