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Ricky Martin, here in October 2024, in Los Angeles.
PEOPLE – Ricky Martin in turn joins the procession for Kamala Harris. The famous singer confirmed his support for the Democratic candidate in the race for the White House, a few hours after a racist outburst heard this Sunday, October 27 during a Donald Trump meeting on the subject of Puerto Rico, the territory of which Ricky Martin is native.
« That’s what they think of us. Vote for Kamala Harris », wrote the interpreter of Maria in a story on Instagram to accompany the video of the passage in which comedian Tony Hinchcliffe described Puerto Rico as “ floating garbage island » during Donald Trump’s rally in New York.
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Ricky Martin on Instagram, Sunday October 27.
Followed by more than 18 million subscribers on the social network, Ricky Martin also assured that he had published content on this same subject on his feed, but that the publication would have been “shadow banned”, that is to say that it would have been hidden by the application from other users.
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Ricky Martin on Instagram, Sunday October 27.
This generally happens when a post does not comply with the application’s terms of use, although many users have in the past lamented seeing their content “censored” when it came to certain topics in particular, such as situation in Palestine, like the model Bella Hadid.
Bad Bunny soutient Kamala Harris
Like Ricky Martin, several other public figures also shared, this Sunday, a Kamala Harris campaign video in which the Democratic candidate tries to convince voters from Puerto Rico to vote for her. This is the case of Bad Bunny, for example.
Key support for the female politician, Bad Bunny is not only followed by 45 million subscribers on Instagram, he is also “ one of the biggest international superstars, and the most famous Latino”, according to the Washington Postwho sees in his influence a way to convince thousands of Latin Americans, the country’s largest minority.
Originally from Puerto Rico, the rapper is increasingly involved in politics and particularly in this territory attached to the United States, where he bought billboards to protest against the New Progressive Party, a Puerto Rican political party favorable to the creation of full American statehood.
Jennifer Lopez s’engage
He also condemned the lack of aid provided by Donald Trump’s government after Hurricane Maria which left 1.5 million residents of Puerto Rico without power for a week. What he referred to by sharing, this Sunday, a particular passage from Kamala Harris’ video, in which she says: “ I will never forget what Donald Trump did and did not do when Puerto Rico needed a caring and competent leader. »
Jennifer Lopez, who is also Puerto Rican and has 250 million followers on Instagram, also posted part of Kamala Harris’ video, as well as screenshots of the Democratic candidate’s plan to help Puerto Rico.
The support of Jennifer Lopez, very involved in the campaign for several months, for the current vice-president of the United States is added to that of many other celebrities, including Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift. And this less than ten days before the fateful date of the election, Tuesday November 5.
Source: www.huffingtonpost.fr
