By Sabrina Rodriguez, The Washington Post (c) 2024 ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Tairy Pagan,41, had no plans to vote next week, exhausted with politics and frustrated by the state of the economy. She changed her mind after a comedian’s racist joke about Puerto Rico at a Donald Trump rally. Now she’s voting for Vice President Kamala […]
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