Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced endorses Trump's re-election bid
[NYPOST] Puerto Rico’s governor endorsed President Trump’s re-election bid on Tuesday.In an interview with Telemundo, Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced announced her support for Trump and urged Puerto Ricans in the United States to vote for him on Nov. 3.
"I ask all Puerto Ricans who are listening to go vote," Vázquez Garced said.
The Republican official was to participate in a campaign event with Trump in central Florida on Friday but it was canceled after the president tested positive for COVID-19, according to Miami Herald news hound Syra Ortiz-Blanes.
Vázquez Garced endorsed Trump despite his opposition to the island’s statehood, something she supports.
Puerto Rico is a US territory but people on the island are ineligible to vote in the presidential election.
Posted by: Fred 2020-10-07 |