Ricky Martin spoke about the importance of the Latino vote in the 2024 election and said he “could not be more proud” to rally alongside Kamala Harris at a major event in Philadelphia tonight, Nov. 4.
“These stakes for Latinos in this election are higher than ever,” Martin said in a statement shared exclusively with Rolling Stone. “Latinos will be decisive to delivering a win tomorrow for Vice President Harris, a leader who stands with us, and will fight for us as president. I could not be more proud to join her tonight in Philadelphia.”
Martin is set to perform during the primetime portion of Harris’ star-studded Election Eve rally in Philly. Also joining the pop star, as either speakers or performers, will be Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, the Roots, Jazmine Sullivan, Fat Joe, Adam Blackstone, DJ Cassidy, and Freeway and Just Blaze.
Along with the Philly event, Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will appear at another GOTV rally on the other side of Pennsylvania, in Pittsburgh, with Katy Perry, Andra Day, and D-Nice. Footage from the two PA rallies will appear in a special livestream show that’ll spotlight a variety of campaign events taking place in battleground states tonight.
Martin doubled down on his support for Harris following Donald Trump’s rally in New York City last week, where comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating pile of garbage.” Sharing a video of Hinchcliffe’s comments on social media, Martin wrote in Spanish, “This is what they think of us.”
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An array of other high-profile entertainers from Puerto Rico or with Puerto Rican roots also called out Hinchcliffe’s remarks and threw their support behind Harris. Among them were Bad Bunny and Jennifer Lopez, the latter of whom spoke at a Harris rally in Las Vegas last week.
While Trump and his campaign tried to distance themselves from, and downplay Hinchcliffe’s remarks, the “controversial joke seems to have had a big effect on voters. A recent Univision poll found that 64 percent of Latino respondents in Pennsylvania indicated they would vote for Harris, compared to 30 percent for Trump, with many showing significant awareness of Hinchcliffe’s remarks (Pennsylvania has one of the largest Puerto Rican populations in the country).
