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From CNN’s Samantha Waldenberg
The Harris campaign is releasing a new Spanish-language ad Thursday focused on Puerto Rico in the wake of an offensive joke told by a comedian at former President Donald Trump’s New York City rally on Sunday.
The ad, entirely in Spanish, riffs off the comment made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe in which he called Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean” during the rally at Madison Square Garden.The ad begins with images of Hinchcliffe, Trump and Sen. JD Vance before showing video of people waving the Puerto Rican flag. It also includes a short clip of Trump throwing paper towels to residents in Puerto Rico after thousands of people died as a result of Hurricane Maria in 2017.
The Harris campaign says the ad will air on “Spanish language TV, including Univision, Telemundo, WAPA America and during high viewership telenovelas, and on digital platforms including El Nuevo Día, YouTube, YouTube Shorts and Snapchat to reach Puerto Rican and Latino voters.”