DNC is spending thousands to engage Puerto Rican voters in Pa. Here's what Philly Puerto Rican Day Parade goers had to s

The Democratic National Committee announced a six-figure investment focused on reaching Puerto Rican Pennsylvanians the same day that Puerto Rican Day flags flew up and down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.

The DNC said Sunday that it would spend $100,000 to engage with Puerto Rican and other Latino voters in Pennsylvania during the final stretch before the Nov. 5 election. The announcement came the same day as the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Philadelphia.

Democrats see Puerto Rican voters as a critical and growing voting bloc in the state. The funds will go toward get-out-the-vote efforts to support Democrats, and will be focused on Puerto Ricans, but some of the money will go toward Latino outreach at large .

Also on Sunday, U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D., New York), the first Puerto Rican woman to serve in Congress and former chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Emmy award-winning actress Liza Colón-Zayas, and Maya Harris, the sister of Vice President Kamala Harris, were slated to campaign for Harris at El Festival de Borinquen in Philadelphia.




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