Trump Tells New Mexican Crowd He’s There Because It’s ‘Good For My Credentials’ With Latinos

Former President Donald Trump bluntly told a New Mexico rally crowd he was there to improve his cred “with the Hispanic or Latino community” amid fallout from his Madison Square Garden rally. Trump is continuing to deal with fallout and negative attention for the antics at his Madison Square Garden rally, which included comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s attention-getting joke about Puerto Rico being a “floating island of garbage” — but also other offensive remarks from other speakers and Trump. The Harris campaign has capitalized on the flap. On Thursday, Trump held a rally in New Mexico — where even he conceded his advisers consider an unlikely place to campaign, saying they told him “You can’t win” the state. But Trump told the crowd he was there for “one simple reason” — to shore up his “credentials with the Hispanic or Latino community” — then polled the crowd on which designation they prefer. Welcome to Mediaite, THE site for news and opinion on the intersection of media and politics. Join Mediaite+ https://www.mediaite.com/subscribe/ ►Subscribe to Mediaite: https://bit.ly/3MjuECB ► Website: https://www.mediaite.com/ ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediaite/ ► X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mediaite ► Threads: https://www.threads.net/@mediaite ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mediaite