Jennifer Lopez Responds to Puerto Rico ‘Garbage’ Comments at Kamala Harris Rally: ‘We Are Americans’

Lopez criticized the Trump campaign for negative comments made against Puerto Rico at his recent New York City rally

Jennifer Lopez is speaking out for Puerto Ricans.

On Thursday, Oct.31, the Atlas star endorsed Kamala Harris at her campaign rally in Las Vegas, and criticized the Trump campaign for the racially charged jokes made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Oct. 27.

“At Madison Square Garden, he reminded us who he really is and how he really feels,” Lopez, 55, said of Trump during her speech. “It wasn’t just Puerto Ricans who were offended that day, okay? It was every Latino in this country, it was humanity and anyone of decent character.”

The singer and actress — whose parents Guadalupe “Lupe” Rodríguez and David Lopez were both born in Puerto Rico — added that Trump had “consistently worked to divide us,” before reiterating that she believed in the “power of Latinos” and “the power of all our votes.”

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Lopez's comments come after Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage" at Donald Trump's New York City rally.

Further in her speech, she emotionally shared that she was a “proud daughter” of Puerto Rico, which is a U.S. island territory. She further noted that “we are Americans” and “this is our country too,” so they “must exercise our right to vote.”

“I promised myself that I wouldn’t be emotional. You know what? We should be emotional,” Lopez added. “We should be upset. We should be scared and outraged. We should.”

“Our pain matters. We matter,” she added. “You matter. Your voice and your vote matters.”

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Lopez is the latest star to criticize Hinchcliffe and the Trump campaign for the comments. The View host Sunny Hostin, who is also Puerto Rican, responded on-air on Oct. 28 on behalf of her fellow citizens, saying, “we don’t like what was said about Puerto Rico.”

“And we know how to take the trash out, Donald Trump — trash that has been collecting since 2016, and that’s you, Donald Trump,” she added.

Reggaeton superstar Nicky Jam, who appeared at a Trump rally last month, also renounced his support for the Republican candidate in a video saying, "Never in my life did I think that one month later there would be a comedian who would criticize my country and speak poorly of my country.”

“Puerto Rico should be respected,” he added.

Harris’ campaign also issued a response following Hinchcliffe’s comments, per CNN, launching an advertisement in Spanish that noted Puerto Rico “is an island of scientists, poets, educators, stars and heroes.” The advertisement added, “We are not trash, we’re more.”

The Trump campaign has also appeared to distance itself from Hinchcliffe in the days following the rally. Campaign spokesperson Danielle Alvarez also shared in a statement, per CNN, that the comedian’s “joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”