Politics

Hispanic Trump Rally Speaker Apologizes for Judge Merchan

TENUOUS REASONING

Former New York City councilman Rubén Díaz Sr. told Trump that Merchan, who was born in Colombia, “has been used to destroy you.”

A speaker at Donald Trump’s rally in the Bronx Thursday cited his Hispanic heritage while apologizing to the indicted Republican presidential candidate for the behavior of the judge in his criminal trial, Juan Merchan—who also happens to be Hispanic.

At one point during his remarks, Trump welcomed to the stage former...

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