トランプ陣営、ヒスパニック系に差別的発言　ハリス陣営が非難

【ニューヨークＡＦＰ＝時事】米大統領選の共和党候補、ドナルド・トランプ前大統領は２７日、ニューヨーク市内で開かれた選挙集会で、対立候補のカマラ・ハリス副大統領を攻撃した。さらに登壇した支持者が、ヒスパニック系の人々に対する差別的発言を行った。民主党陣営はこれに対し、すかさず反論した。（写真は、米ニューヨークのマディソン・スクエア・ガーデンで選挙集会に登壇したドナルド・トランプ前大統領）
　トランプ氏は２万人収容のマディソン・スクエア・ガーデンに集まった支持者の前で、「君はこの国を破壊した。これ以上耐えられない。カマラ、君はクビだ。出て行け。クビだ」と決めぜりふを繰り返し、歓声を浴びた。
　また、一部の登壇者がハリス氏のみならず、プエルトリコ系やヒスパニック系の人々を嘲笑した。
　トランプ氏の強硬派の顧問の一人、スティーブン・ミラー氏は「米国は米国人のための国であり、米国人だけのものだ」と主張。
　コメディアンのトニー・ヒンチクリフ氏は、米自治領のプエルトリコについて、「今まさに海の真ん中にごみためのような島が浮かんでいる。プエルトリコという名前で呼ばれているはずだ」とやゆ。ヒスパニック系住民の出生率の高さも指摘した。
　激戦州でプエルトリコ系有権者の支持獲得に努めているハリス氏は、トランプ陣営の主張に直ちに反論。ソーシャルメディアに投稿した動画でヒンチクリフ氏の発言を紹介するとともに、「プエルトリコ系の人々には、自分たちの強みを買ってくれる大統領がふさわしい」と訴えた。
　プエルトリコ出身のスーパースターで、インスタグラムで１８６０万人のフォロワーを持つリッキー・マーティンさんは、ハリス氏の動画とヒンチクリフ氏の発言動画をシェア。
　スペイン語で「これが、私たちに対する彼らの考えだ」と書き込み、「カマラ・ハリスに投票しよう」と呼び掛けた。
　トランプ氏の集会には、妻のメラニア氏や、実業家のイーロン・マスク氏らもサプライズ参加した。
　一方で、マディソン・スクエア・ガーデンは１９３９年にナチス・ドイツの指導者アドルフ・ヒトラーを支持する極右の集会会場にもなった経緯があり、メディア報道には、トランプ氏の集会とナチスを関連付ける論調も見られた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/10/28-17:10）

Republican Donald Trump led a headline-grabbing New York rally on Sunday with nonstop attacks on Kamala Harris, but Democrats sought to capitalize on crude insults from some of his allies' opening speeches.
Trump took to the stage at the iconic 20,000-seat Madison Square Garden arena to deliver a closing message in the exceedingly tight race for the White House that reaches its apogee on November 5.
You've destroyed our country. We're not going to take it anymore, Kamala, the 78-year-old told roaring supporters wearing trademark red Make America Great Again hats.
Several speakers drew cheers with their own barbs against Harris as well as Puerto Rico and Latinos at the rally in the Democratic stronghold city.
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe took aim at birthrates among Latinos and called the caribbean US territory Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage.
- 'Not a punchline' -
Harris, 60, seized on the attacks as she competes with the ex-president to win over Puerto Rican communities in the tight battleground states expected to decide the election.
Puerto Ricans deserve a president who sees and invests in (their) strength, Harris said in a clip published on social media alongside Hinchcliffe's comments.
Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, a Democrat, noted the state is home to almost half a million Puerto Ricans and nearly three quarters are able to vote.
Ricky Martin, the Puerto Rican superstar with 18.6 million followers on Instagram, quickly shared a video of Harris's appeal to Puerto Rican voters, along with a clip of Hinchcliffe's remarks.
This is what they think of us, Martin wrote in Spanish. Vote for @kamalaharris.
Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny also showed support for the vice president by sharing one of her videos to his 45.6 million followers on Instagram.
Trump's rally at The World's Most Famous Arena included a surprise appearance by his wife Melania and backers such as billionaire Elon Musk, who has personally hit the campaign trail for the ex-president.
However, the venue also hosted a far-right, pro-Hitler rally in 1939, complete with eagles, Nazi insignia and salutes -- an association that has generated darker headlines.
Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, who also spoke at the Republican convention in July, rejected criticisms of the rally: I don't see any Nazis in here.
- Harris 'boots on ground' -
Other speeches also drew concern and criticism, including from Stephen Miller, one of Trump's most hard-right advisors.
America is for Americans and Americans only, he shouted into the microphone, after pledging a crackdown on cartels and criminal migrants.
While former Fox News host Tucker Carlson took a mocking shot at Harris's background, calling her a Samoan Malaysian low I.Q. former California prosecutor.
Harris, meanwhile, charged through a packed day of campaigning in must-win Pennsylvania's largest city, including stops at a Black church, a barbershop and a Puerto Rican restaurant.
With barely a week to go, she was leaving nothing to chance in Philadelphia, where she must run up her vote tally to win the battleground state.
We must not wake up the day after the election and have any regrets, she told a rally in Philadelphia.
Sunday's visit was the vice president's 14th trip to Pennsylvania since she jumped to the top of the ticket after President Joe Biden's shock withdrawal in July.
This is the closest and the best opportunity we have to have a female in office who happes to be a Black female, Myrda Scott, from Philadelphia, told AFP at one of Harris's rallies in the city.
Harris rolled up to Philly Cuts barber shop in the largely Black neighborhood of West Philadelphia to meet residents, before ducking into the African-American-themed Hakim's Bookstore & Gift Shop.
She's boots to the ground, 43-year-old African-American woman Myrda Scott, who runs a financial firm, told AFP as she awaited Harris at a youth basketball rec center rally.
On Tuesday, Harris will hold a major rally in Washington near the White House in the park where Trump fired up his supporters before they stormed the US Capitol to try to overturn the 2020 election result.