Puerto Rican voters, battered by crisis, could be pivotal for Joe Biden in Florida.
MIAMI — Jimmy Torres, who hosts the Boricua Action Network radio program in Kissimmee, Florida, said he’s voting for Joe Biden because under the Trump administration, the country with the largest military force in the world allowed thousands “to die in Puerto Rico" following Hurricane Maria in 2017.on the incompetency — you should know better," said Torres, speaking as if he were addressing President Donald Trump."You are the perfect guy to manage it, that’s what you told people.
Torres, who worked for months after the hurricane coordinating aid for the island, is trying to connect Florida’s Puerto Rican communities through hisFeeling the urgency, Biden’s campaign unveiled a plan for Puerto Rico at the start of his Hispanic Heritage Month visit to Florida Tuesday. The plan lambasted Trump, saying he made the island's crises worse.
A communications teacher, his grandfather founded the Popular Democratic Party on the island. He registered to vote in Florida with no party affiliation, has requested a mail-in ballot — and will vote for Biden.
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