'Whiz-bang political chess move': AOC mocks JD Vance after he calls Harris 'trash'
During a MAGA rally in Atlanta on Monday afternoon, November 4, Donald Trump's running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), angrily railed against Vice President Kamala Harris. Vance told the crowd, "In two days, we're going to take out the trash, and the trash's name is Kamala Harris."
In a November 4 post on X, formerly Twitter, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) responded to Vance's rhetoric with biting mockery.
AOC posted, "Not too sure that Republicans going from calling Puerto Ricans garbage to calling a woman garbage is the whiz-bang political chess move they think it is."
The Bronx/Queens congresswoman was referring to a MAGA rally at New York City's Madison Square Garden in which one of the speakers, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, made a racist joke attacking Puerto Rico.
Hinchcliffe described Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage," and the backlash came quickly. Some major Puerto Rican celebrities — including Jennifer López, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony and reggaetón star Bad Bunny — responded by endorsing Kamala Harris for president.
Another well-known Puerto Rican, actress Rosie Pérez, told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace that Hingecliff's comments made her all the more supportive of Harris' campaign.
Pérez declared, "They picked on the wrong people."
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