• Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    See, Republicans can get away with this because the people in Puerto Rico, despite being American, can’t vote in Federal elections unless they move to the mainland (unlike Hawaiians).

    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
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      Puerto Ricans also move. Plenty in swing states + places with competitive down-ballot races. Republicans are already trying to back track on this, they think it hurts them

      Peurto Ricans by state

      • Pennsylvania: 450k
      • North Carolina: 100k
      • Wisconsin: 65k
      • Michigan: 50k
      • Florida: 1.1 million
      • New York: 1 million

      EDIT: also worth mentioning that he also said other racists remarks too

      “These Latinos, they love making babies, too. Just know that they do,” Hinchcliffe said, setting up his joke: “There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They come inside, just like they did to our country.”

      Hinchcliffe also told a joke about one of his Black “buddies” and how they “carved watermelons” together.

      • Midnitte@beehaw.org
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        He’s just saying the quiet part out loud, anyone with half a brain knows Republicans deplore black and brown people. It’s their white bread and butter.