A Puerto Rican mayor in Texas said that the “bad joke by a comedian” ahead of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s rally in New York on Sunday falls short in relevance among Latinos.

Keller, Texas, Mayor Armin Mizani shrugged off comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke likening Puerto Rico to a “floating island of garbage,” saying there are bigger issues at stake in next week’s election.

“As one of the few Mayors in this country who is actually Puerto Rican (born and raised), lets get real for a moment and let me offer an explanation as to why @realDonaldTrump and @JDVance are surging in the polls amongst Latinos and why they’ll continue to do so through election day,” the first term mayor wrote in a post to X. “For Latinos, faith, family, and economic opportunity motivates us — not some bad joke by a comedian.”

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