The Take: Will a racist joke about Puerto Rico change the US election?
Al Jazeera
After a controversial joke from a comedian at a Trump rally, how Puerto Ricans are responding.
A joke at a Donald Trump rally has brought Puerto Ricans in the swing state of Pennsylvania into the spotlight. While Puerto Ricans on the island, a US commonwealth, cannot vote, could those on the mainland change the course of the US election?
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This episode was produced by Amy Walters, Tamara Khandaker, and Chloe K Li, with Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Cole van Miltenburg, and our host, Natasha Del Toro in for Malika Bilal.
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