Puerto Rico Senator to Newsmax: Support for Trump Is About ‘Change’

Shadow U.S. Sen. Zoraida Buxo Santiago of Puerto Rico told Newsmax on Wednesday that her support for former President Donald Trump is “because we definitely need a change.”

After comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico “garbage” before a packed Trump rally Sunday in New York, many Puerto Ricans have distanced themselves from Trump. Puerto Ricans cannot vote in general elections despite being U.S. citizens, but they can exert a powerful influence with relatives on the mainland.

Buxo Santiago said Americans won’t get the full picture of how Puerto Ricans feel about Trump because the local media is “anti-conservative, anti-American, and anti-statehood.”

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