By Sniffles
Newsweek has published this very instructive map of Puerto Rican populations by state (outside of Puerto Rico, of course). For the interactive version, click here.
Republicans don't seem to realize that Puerto Ricans are Americans. But just a little more than a week from Election Day, this is going to present a problem for them — maybe even 5.8 million problems, spread across crucial battleground states. The insults lobbed at Puerto Rico at Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden hatefest last night have broken through to folks who don't even think about politics very much — including 140,000 Puerto Ricans in Ohio, and 214,000 in Texas.
But the state with the highest number of Puerto Ricans is Florida, with 1,171,637. A whole 100,000 more than New York State! That explains why Rick Scott, locked in a tight Senate race against Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, was in a state of sheer panic last night. Sorry, Rick — and all the other Republican are desperately trying to distance themselves from this — but you've had nine years to repudiate Donald Trump's racism. You don't get to course-correct now just because you're nine days out.
Will the Puerto Rican demographic help Democrats hold the Senate? Is the Bund rally the October Surprise that pushes all the swing states in one direction? The fact that we're even asking these questions means big trouble for the GOP. We cats couldn't be happier, and we PURR.
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