Puerto Rico GOP chair threatens to withhold Trump support

https://www.newsweek.com/puerto-rico-gop-chair-threatens-withhold-trump-support-1976397

36 comments

  1. >Puerto Ricans cannot vote in general elections despite being U.S. citizens, but Cintrón said he would not cast a symbolic vote for Trump unless he issued an apology.

    I’m sure Trump is shitting himself over the feelings of a non-white non-voter.

  2. Just fucking do it already. He’s told you who he is, believe him!

  4. Don’t hold your breath Cintrón.

    Because the tRump never apologizes to anyone or for anything, because he has never been wrong in his entire life. /s

  5. Trump has been showing his total disrespect for Puerto Ricans since 2017. This is the final straw.

  6. Don’t worry, I’m sure he’ll schedule a trip to Puerto Rico to throw some paper towel rolls your way and regain your support.

  7. What do you mean threatening? Just do it!!! Dude is 78 years old, he is not going to change.

  8. If the massively huge laundry list of *OTHER* reasons why one shouldn’t vote for Trump didn’t work, I don’t see how Puerto Ricans that vote for Republicans will balk now. It’s not like Trump/MAGA/GQP haven’t been disgustingly and rampantly racist and xenophobic in the past. Why would they act offended over this? It’s so fucking stupid.

  9. “You can ruin democracy and threaten authoritarianism, but the moment you insult my hometown you’re going to get some pushback sir!”

    this isn’t the flex the media intends it to be, it’s fucking petty as shit and an objectively terrible reason to want to stop trump. Like everything else was a-okay before this? Jesus christ.

    Americans really are very shallow sometimes. It’s a popularity contest in the worst kind of way. The fact that issues aren’t enough in this campaign is baffling, then you add the fact that Trump is demonstrably a terrible person, and I’m sorry but I have zero respect for someone who uses *this* as the hill they’re dying on. Like it was all fine until he made it personal? GTFO

  10. It’s weird this is even a consideration. That’s how crazy this election is.

  11. Imagine being a non white and thinking there’s a place for you in the Republican Party

  12. I bet Trump cried in his pillow all night.

    Stop being a pussy and stand up for your people. Your symbolism is going to change this shithead racist? Grow a spine, idiot.

  13. Gotta love the conspiracy theorists claiming Hinchcliffe was a plant by Harris to make Trump look stupid and racist… like he needs any help with that.

  16. Ya you’d hate to stand up to people in your own party. Unless you don’t actually give a shit about Puerto Rico

  17. Tony’s response to the backlash?

    “Change your tampon.”

    They are fucking assholes and grifters. Like how the fuck they would vote for them in the first place is beyond me.

  18. Alright, listen, nobody – and I mean nobody – has more love for Puerto Rico than I do. The Puerto Rican community? They love me, folks, they really do. Everywhere I go, they say, “Mr. Trump, we love you!” And I tell them, “I love you, too.” And why wouldn’t I? Puerto Ricans, they’re fantastic people. Incredible. And you know what? They’re some of the best, the absolute best people you could ever ask for.

    Now, people don’t talk about this enough, but Puerto Ricans, they know what it’s like to face challenges, right? Tremendous challenges. But they also know, and I know – because I know everything, believe me – that we’re going to do great things together. Puerto Rico, they have a lot of respect for me, and I respect them, okay? There’s this bond, a very special bond.

    And folks, they’ve been treated unfairly for years, let’s be honest. But with me? It’s gonna be different. They know that. I know that. I mean, Puerto Ricans, they look at me, and they say, “You’re the only one who understands us, Mr. Trump.” And I say, “Absolutely, I get it.” We’re gonna make Puerto Rico great again!

  19. There are a lot of eligible voters that live in PR. My brother and his wife are retired and bought a villa There. They voted for Trump in 2020, but never became MAGA crazy. Now this will guarantee they never vote MAGA.

  20. its embarrassing that it took this to make puerto ricans see that trump didnt gaf abt yall. like does anyone remember what he did after hurricane maria😭

  21. They’ll make a fuss, and act mad…. But in the privacy of the voting booth Republicans fall in line.

    It’s why they’re the most powerful political party in the country.

    They control more states, more courts, SCOTUS and at their weakest still have enough members in either chamber or Congress to stop anything they don’t like from happening.

  22. Just abandon him. He told you Puerto Rico was garbage and he tried to block hurricane aid, he threw paper towels at you. What’s the matter with you?

  23. Threatens to withhold! What does that mean?

    Sounds like he’s still going to support Trump. It’s been so disturbing watching Trump destroy people, and then that person, or those people always come crawling back to him! It’s pathologically sick!

  25. Lol threats… What a weak baby back bitch. He just called your entire state floating Trash aka you trash.

  26. They don’t care about the threat. Take action, dude. Take a stand or they are gonna come for you. You’re not gonna be protected as “one of the good ones”.

  28. I *might* hold back support if you don’t apologize for the racism you always exhibited because this time you pointed it explicitly at my people.

    -This Guy

  29. Threatens? He called your home a trash heap and you’re ‘threatening’? 

    Turns out GOPers are spineless no matter where they live. 

  30. “Threatens” bc he doesn’t actually intend to do it and he wants to keep his job.

  31. It’s hard for me to believe this really had any meaningful effect on his election chances, regardless of who is saying what.

    You’re telling me you ignored everything out of Donald Trump’s own mouth for the last 9 years, but it’s what *somebody else* said just one week before the election that finally clued you in about Trump’s nonsense?

    Just not buying it. Sure, I wish, but I’m not optimistic.

  32. “Threatens”

    Just do it, you Nazi apologist.

  33. Puerto Ricans in the US can vote and any of us who voted for Trump or plans to should get their head checked.

    This Boricua already voted.

    Go fucking vote.

  34. It’s an empty threat. If they haven’t pulled their support yet, they won’t.

  36. ….and just like that, we’re going to see them get away with it. Because people have no backbone.

    “oh, you called our beloved land a floating pile of trash? You better not do that again, mister!”

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