Sunny Hostin To Donald Trump: “We Know How To Take The Trash Out…And That’s You”
Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro and their fellow cohosts on The View tore into Donald Trump and the other speakers at last night’s rally at Madison Square Garden, during which right-wing comedian Tony Hinchcliffe said that Puerto Rico was a “floating island of garbage.”
Trump, who spoke after Hinchcliffe, did not condemn the remarks.
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Today’s View kicked off in high gear, with Hostin delivering the opening remarks.
Watch the segment below.
“This Puerto Rican has something to say about the island that I love, where my family is from,” Hostin said. “Puerto Rico is trash? We are Americans, Donald Trump. We volunteer disproportionately high in the military while you have bone spurs.
“And we vote. Pennsylvania is home to almost half a million Puerto Ricans. North Carolina, 115,000. Georgia, 100,000. Arizona, 64,000. Wisconsin, 61,000. Michigan, 43,000. Nevada, 27,000.
“We vote Donald Trump. Trash? Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Bad Bunny, Luis Fonsi and Marc Anthony have more than 345 million followers on Instagram. I think you only have 26 million, since you care so much about size. And we don’t like what was said about Puerto Rico, and we know how to take the trash out, Donald Trump. Trash that has been collecting since 2016, and that’s you Donald Trump.
“And finally, my fellow Puerto Ricans, trash collection day is Nov. 5, 2024. Don’t forget it.”
Next up was Navarro, who said that Hinchcliffe also insulted Blacks and Latinos. “Today, we are all in this together, and I’m going to say this particularly to my Latino community: If Trump asking for the death penalty for five young men of color, Black and Latino, the Exonerated Five, wasn’t enough for you; if Trump getting investigated for refusing to rent to Black people, wasn’t enough for you; if Trump promoting a racist trope against the first Black president with the birther [bleeped] wasn’t enough for you; if calling Mexicans rapists and criminals and bad hombres wasn’t enough for you; if Trump calling us vermin, invaders, people who poison the blood of this country wasn’t enough for you; if Trump throwing paper towels at people in need after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, wasn’t enough for you; if Trump saying immigrants have made this country into the trash can of world wasn’t enough for you; then maybe, just maybe, this comedian, hand-picked, chosen, vetted by the Trump Campaign because he reflects what Trump has said his entire life, maybe that will be enough for you.
Navarro continued, “On Nov. 5 I want you to vote for your heritage and your tradition and your identity. I want you to vote with dignity and self-respect.” Navarro then addressed the Latino community specifically with a statement in Spanish.
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