Originally posted by: MisterPicture
Yes I suspect it will not move the needle at all with liberals named Kevin who live in Oregon. So much for those living in KevinWorld
But there are about 450,000 Puerto Rican voters in Pennsylvania. In the past when they heard Trump make anti-Latino remarks, they could tell themselves he wasn't talking about them, he was just talking about illegal aliens.
But there's no such thing as Puerto Rican illegal immigrants, are there? So the racism is undeniable. And now you have the president of the Puerto Rican Republican party threatening to unendorse Trump, and the Archbishop of PR denouncing him.
The Bad Bunny endorsement is monstrous, since he is already a respected voice in PR politics. Add to that Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, and even Geraldo Rivera. That was Trump's worst night yet, and all it has to do is move the needle 1% in PA.
And there's this from politico: Puerto Rico: Trump’s Puerto Rico fallout is ‘spreading like wildfire’ in Pennsylvania
Believe it or not, we have a major infestation of conservatives in Oregon. Outside of Portland/Salem/Eugene (i.e., the Willamette Valley), Oregon is red red red red red. Thank God, they don't have very much power--but we do have congressional districts that can go/have gone MAGApig.
But you're right. Trump was never going to win this state. So he can do or say anything and not affect his chances here one bit. But does it matter in Pennsylvania? Kind of hard to say. First of all, Harris IS slightly ahead in PA. So if Trump's spew makes him lose by more than he was going to, that doesn't really affect the result--maybe he loses by 100,000 instead of 50,000 votes.
Let's take a look at those 450,000 PR voters. Let's assume that, say, 3/4 of them haven't already cast their ballots. So we have about 315,000 voters whose decision would be affected by the Turd's recent performance. Let's say that they were 50/50. That's 157,500 Trump voters. How many of them have said/will say:
"I was going to vote for Trump, but because of a horrible joke one of the speakers at his rally told, I'm going to vote for Harris instead."?
Three. Maybe four.
Keep in mind that EVERY SINGLE Trump voter has no good reason to vote for him--yet, they have voted for him and plan to do so again. He's said that he hates Hispanics dozens of times and dozens of different ways. That hasn't hurt him at all. Keep in mind that a Trump voter is already an unprincipled stupid asshole. You and I are outraged by Trump's filth. But are those unprincipled stupid assholes outraged?
I don't see it.
I honestly don't know what might or would change a Trumper's mind. But I do know that yet another episode of awful behavior by the Turd won't make even the tiniest impression.