Keller Mayor Armin Mizani said his post about He said he never expected it to go viral online.
Mizani, who lived in Puerto Rico until he was 9 years old, said his posts were picked up by Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr. Mizani was also a guest on Wednesday’s “Glenn Beck” podcast.
“As one of the few mayors in this country who is actually Puerto Rican (born and raised), let me cut to the chase a little and explain why @realDonaldTrump and @JDVance are on the rise,” Mizani wrote in the post. Please,” he wrote. Polling among Latinos and why they continue to vote until Election Day. For Latin Americans, faith, family, and economic opportunity are what motivate us. It’s not a comedian’s bad joke. ”
The controversy erupted Sunday during former President Trump’s campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, where comedian Tony Hinchcliffe told a joke about Puerto Rico.
President Trump has denied knowing the comedian.
Mizani said in an interview that he didn’t like the joke, but that people have to look beyond the joke.
“Personally I didn’t like the joke, but I think we can live in a world where people, whether they like the joke or not, are motivated by the policies that affect them,” he said. spoke.
Mizani talked about how the border was secure and there was no inflation under the Trump administration, as opposed to the Biden-Harris administration.
He was in Puerto Rico a few months ago and said people were worried about whether they would have electricity. They are also concerned about corruption and infrastructure failure.
“There are potholes and sinkholes where they shouldn’t be,” he says.
