Shadow U.S. Sen. Zoraida Buxo Santiago of Puerto Rico told Newsmax on Wednesday that her support for former President Donald Trump is “because we definitely need a change.”

After comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico “garbage” before a packed Trump rally Sunday in New York, many Puerto Ricans have distanced themselves from Trump. Puerto Ricans cannot vote in general elections despite being U.S. citizens, but they can exert a powerful influence with relatives on the mainland.

Buxo Santiago said Americans won’t get the full picture of how Puerto Ricans feel about Trump because the local media is “anti-conservative, anti-American, and anti-statehood.”

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