Could the comments on Puerto Rico lead to an “October surprise” for Trump? | DW News

Last weekend, Trump held a rally in the Democratic stronghold of New York has been sharply criticized for, among other things, racist undertones. A comedian speaking ahead of Trump described the US territory of Puerto Rico as -quote- a 'floating island of garbage'. Those remarks have been widely condemned, but today Trump doubled down and defended his rally. Chapters: 00:00 Polls show deadlocked race one week from US vote 01:42 Trump rally remarks spark Latino backlash 03:08 Fernando Tormos-Aponte, Assoc. professor, University of Pittsburgh 09:25 Rodrigo Dominguez Villegas, research director of UCLA's Latino Policy and Politics Institute Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dwnews_hangout Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch