Bad Bunny shared Kamala Harris’s campaign video with his nearly 46 million followers on Instagram. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican recording artist and megastar, announced his support for Vice President Kamala Harris , the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, by sharing her latest ad targeting Puerto Rican voters with his 45.6 million followers on Instagram on Oct. 27, 2024.
The series of social media posts came shortly after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, speaking at former President Donald Trump’s rally in New York City, made disparaging remarks about Latinos and Puerto Rico – calling the U.S. territory a “ floating island of garbage .”
Bad Bunny’s support for Harris also comes while both candidates are urgently chasing Latino voters in the key swing state of Pennsylvania, which is home to about 300,000 eligible Puerto Rican voters.
When many Americans think of Pennsylvania’s deindustrialized eastern counties – including presidential bellwethers such as Northampton – they may think more of Billy Joel’s “ Allentown ” than Bad Bunny’s “ Una Velita ,” a song about the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Puerto Ricans make up over half of the Latino population in Pennsylvania. Lisa Lake via Getty Images As a professor of history […]
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