Trump's rally on Tuesday will take place in the swing state stronghold of Puerto Rico

After making derogatory comments toward Puerto Ricans at his weekend rally, former President Donald Trump is holding a campaign stop in Allentown, Pennsylvania, a city with one of the largest Puerto Rican populations in the state.

Trump will hold a rally on Tuesday at the PPL Center in downtown Allentown, a majority Latino city. The arena sits on the border of the 6th District, a Latino neighborhood that also serves as an important center of Puerto Rican culture in the Lehigh Valley region.

The rally was planned long before Sunday's rally at Madison Square Garden, where comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash.”

According to ABC, the Republican candidate responded to Hinchcliffe's comments on Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Trump distanced himself from the comedian but did not condemn the comments.

“I don’t know him, someone put him up there. “I don’t know who he is,” Trump said.

Newsweek has reached out to a Trump campaign spokesperson for comment.

Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., was also in Allentown on Monday to host a campaign rally.

“It's not the smartest thing to offend people – a large group of voters here in a swing state – and then go to their houses and ask for votes,” Norberto Dominguez, district captain for the local Democratic Party in Allentown POLITICAL .

The joke, which Hinchcliffe said was taken out of context, was made about Latinos during part of his set. “Where are my proud Latinos tonight?” he said before launching into a series of jokes about immigration and the Texas-Mexico border. “See what I mean? It’s wide open, there’s so many of them,” he said.

“Right now there is literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean. “I think her name is Puerto Rico?” Hinchcliffe said, sparking murmurs and occasional boos from the crowd.

In an email to NewsweekTrump senior adviser Danielle Alvarez said: “This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”

The clip made the rounds on social media, with prominent Puerto Rican celebrities like rapper Bad Bunny signaling their support for Vice President Kamala Harris instead.

El Nuevo Diathe main news outlet in Puerto Rico, endorsed Harris in its Tuesday edition.

“Puerto Rico has an ally in Kamala Harris,” the newspaper’s front page said.

Several leading Republicans have also denounced Hinchcliffe's comments. Both Peter Navarro, a former member of the Trump administration, and Republican New York Rep. Mike Lawler criticized Hinchcliffe for his “inappropriate rhetoric.” Local Pennsylvania officials also told news outlets they expressed displeasure with Sunday's comments.

Ángel Cintrón, the head of the Republican Party of Puerto Rico, said Jugando Pelota Dura that he will not vote for Trump unless he apologizes directly to Puerto Ricans for the comments he made at his rally.

POLITICO reported that a nonpartisan Puerto Rican group has written a letter urging its members to oppose Trump in next week's election. The media also said some Puerto Rican voters plan to protest Trump's rally in Allentown on Tuesday.

“If we weren’t engaged before, we’re all paying attention now,” Victor Martinez, an Allentown resident who owns a Spanish-language radio station, told POLITICO.

In 2020, Lehigh County, which includes Allentown, went to President Joe Biden and Harris' election with 53.05 percent and 185,655 votes cast. Trump received 45.47 percent of the vote.

Pennsylvania is a critical swing state with 19 votes in the Electoral College. With just a few tens of thousands of votes deciding the 2020 election in this state, the backlash from a community that counts half a million voters in Pennsylvania alone could make the difference between victory and defeat on election night.

According to FiveThirtyEight's Oct. 29 overall poll, the two nominees are “tied” in Pennsylvania, with Trump receiving 47.9 percent of the vote and Harris receiving 47.7 percent. Biden won Pennsylvania overall by 1.17 percent, the narrowest margin ever for a Democratic presidential candidate.

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