US election 2024: Jennifer Lopez fires back at Trump – ‘It wasn’t just Puerto Ricans offended’

Pop icon Jennifer Lopez joined as vice president Kamala Harris at a rally in Las Vegas on Thursday, delivering a strong message to Latino voters. She urged them to make their voices heard in the upcoming elections and condemned the former president Donald Trump for promoting division and not addressing offensive comments about Puerto Ricans made at his recent rally at Madison Square Garden.

Jennifer LopezTrump’s comments came shortly after Trump’s appearance at Madison Square Garden, where he was a comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made a derogatory joke, calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash.”.” Trump tried to distance himself from the comment, but has come to terms with it resists from Puerto Rican.

“It wasn’t just Puerto Ricans who felt offended that day. It was every Latino in this country. It was humanity and anyone with decent character,” Lopez said, expressing the comment’s broader impact on the Latino community. She criticized Trump, saying: “He has consistently worked to divide us. At Madison Square Garden, he reminded us who he really is and how he really feels.”

Focusing on uniting voters, Lopez called on the crowd to lend support Harriswhom she described as “the only candidate who wants to raise the minimum wage and make college more affordable,” while also highlighting Harris’ commitment to protecting the Department of Education and expanding access to health care. Harris’ opponent Trump, Lopez noted, “wants to kill the Affordable Care Act and eliminate the Department of Education.”

Jennifer Lopez spoke passionately about Harris’ vision, especially in her advocacy for immigrants, workers and women. “Kamala Harris runs for the people who dream, for the parents who work overtime, the children who study by the street lights, the teenagers who practice in the basement,” she said. “Kamala will fight for our freedom – the freedom of immigrants and immigrant families to pursue the American dream, the freedom of workers to afford housing, education, food and the essentials of life, and the freedom of women to choose what we do with our body does. .”

Highlighting the impact of Latino voters, Lopez addressed the crowd: “You are the ones who are going to send the message that Nevada Harris country.” She described the meeting as “the most important phase” of her career, recognizing the monumental choices America faces and calling on voters to come together in unity and purpose.

JLo left the audience with a message of hope and empowerment: “I believe in the power of our community. I believe in the power of all our voices. I believe that together we can make a difference in these elections.”