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noun as in journey, excursion

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• peregrination

noun as in error, blunder

• indiscretion

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verb as in fall, err

• miscalculate
• go headlong
• lose balance
• lose footing
• make a faux pas

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noun as in lsd trip

noun as in special interest or pursuit

• entertainment
• undertaking

noun as in risky or unexpected undertaking

• contingency
• endangerment
• speculation

noun as in embarrassing mistake

• impropriety

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The show will also include documenting the winner’s ISS trip, including their launch and 10-day space station stay, as well as their return journey and landing.

They’re waterproof, which makes them good for whitewater trips, too.

Some said, “That’ll be the trip of your life,” while others noted, “That place will change you.”

It’s here that my parents told me to take a trip to the village to search for these answers on my own.

Case would even offer to fly out promising and hard-to-reach startups to have them join the trip.

Finding the shop is a trip in itself and an introduction to a slice of history.

Anthony Goldstein probably chose a trip to the Quidditch World Cup over his Birthright trip to Israel.

After my first trip to his place in Tucson we called one another on the telephone.

“During this trip, I did as a lone wolf, I risked a lot,” he said.

My trip takes the reverse path, and I begin by assessing the depth of my Shakespeare knowledge in his birthplace.

The Comet started on her first trip up the Arkansas, being the first steam boat that ascended that river.

Liszt has returned from his trip, and I have played to him twice this week, and am to go again on Monday.

But Punch was five; and he knew that going to England would be much nicer than a trip to Nassick.

The Italian trip was discussed, and considerable ignorance of geography was, as is usual, manifested by all present.

I knowed, a-course, that I could go kick up a fuss when Simpson stopped by his office on his trip back from Goldstone.

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On this page you'll find 158 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to trip, such as: cruise, expedition, foray, jaunt, outing, and run.

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something dangerous or serious, such as an accident, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly and needs fast action in order to avoid harmful results

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Synonyms for trip trɪp trip, this thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word trip ., english synonyms and antonyms rate these synonyms: 0.0 / 0 votes.

A journey (French journée , from Latin diurnus , daily) was primarily a day's work; hence, a movement from place to place within one day, which we now describe as "a day's journey ;" in its extended modern use a journey is a direct going from a starting-point to a destination, ordinarily over a considerable distance; we speak of a day's journey , or the journey of life. Travel is a passing from place to place, not necessarily in a direct line or with fixed destination; a journey through Europe would be a passage to some destination beyond or at the farther boundary; travel in Europe may be in no direct course, but may include many journeys in different directions. A voyage , which was formerly a journey of any kind, is now a going to a considerable distance by water, especially by sea; as, a voyage to India. A trip is a short and direct journey . A tour is a journey that returns to the starting-point, generally over a considerable distance; as, a bridal tour , or business tour . An excursion is a brief tour or journey , taken for pleasure, often by many persons at once; as, an excursion to Chautauqua. Passage is a general word for a journey by any conveyance, especially by water; as, a rough passage across the Atlantic; transit , literally the act of passing over or through, is used specifically of the conveyance of passengers or merchandise; rapid transit is demanded for suburban residents or perishable goods. Pilgrimage , once always of a sacred character, retains in derived uses something of that sense; as, a pilgrimage to Stratford-on-Avon.

Synonyms: excursion , expedition , journey , pilgrimage , tour , transit , travel , voyage

Preposition: A journey from Naples to Rome; through Mexico; across the continent; over the sea; a journey into Asia; among savages; by land, by rail, for health, on foot, on the cars, etc.

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Synonyms: bound , skip , taunt , fail , stumble , mistake , offend , err , fall

Antonyms: stand , succeed , speed , prosper

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a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)

"he took a trip to the shopping center"

Synonyms: tripper , head trip , trip-up , misstep , stumble , slip

a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs

"an acid trip"

slip, trip noun

an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall

"he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"

Synonyms: cutting , berth , head trip , trip-up , pillow slip , case , faux pas , pillowcase , miscue , gaffe , slickness , slipperiness , elusion , mooring , slick , parapraxis , chemise , teddy , sideslip , eluding , shimmy , trip , moorage , gaucherie , stumble , slip , skid , misstep , slip of paper , shift , tripper , solecism , strip , slip-up

trip, head trip noun

an exciting or stimulating experience

Synonyms: tripper , misstep , stumble , self-gratification , slip , trip-up , trip , head trip

tripper, trip noun

a catch mechanism that acts as a switch

"the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"

Synonyms: tripper , misstep , sightseer , rubberneck , stumble , trip , slip , trip-up , stumbler , excursionist , head trip

a light or nimble tread

"he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"

trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep verb

an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

"he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

Synonyms: tripper , misstep , lurch , stumble , slip , trip-up , trip , stagger , head trip

stumble, trip verb

miss a step and fall or nearly fall

"She stumbled over the tree root"

Synonyms: jaunt , slip up , turn on , actuate , trip up , spark off , falter , trip , trigger off , get off , spark , touch off , trip out , trigger , hit , activate , travel , set off , bumble , stumble

trip, trip up verb

cause to stumble

"The questions on the test tripped him up"

Synonyms: jaunt , slip up , turn on , actuate , trip up , spark off , trip , get off , catch , spark , touch off , trip out , trigger , activate , trigger off , travel , set off , stumble

travel, trip, jaunt verb

make a trip for pleasure

Synonyms: jaunt , move around , travel , turn on , actuate , trip up , spark off , trip , trigger off , get off , move , spark , touch off , locomote , trip out , trigger , activate , go , set off , stumble , journey

trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off verb

put in motion or move to act

"trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

Synonyms: jaunt , trip out , start , incite , detonate , offset , get off , motivate , spark , trip up , propel , take off , explode , instigate , trigger off , move , part , trigger , trip , depart , set off , stumble , prompt , turn on , activate , spark off , touch off , blow up , bring out , travel , start out , sparkle , set forth , actuate , stir up , cancel , aerate , set out

trip, trip out, turn on, get off verb

get high, stoned, or drugged

"He trips every weekend"

Synonyms: jaunt , trip out , spark off , excite , get off , trip , mail , spark , depend upon , trip up , commove , send off , agitate , dismount , get down , trigger , get by , trigger off , hinge on , arouse , hop out , send , ride , depend on , set off , stumble , turn on , charge , activate , escape , wind up , devolve on , touch off , charge up , rouse , travel , get out , sex , hinge upon , actuate , light , switch on , unhorse , get away

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Synonyms: skip , hop , step quickly

Synonyms: stumble , lose footing , make a false step

Synonyms: fail , mistake , err , be at fault , come short

Synonyms: supplant , throw off the balance , trip up

Synonyms: skip , hop , light step

Synonyms: stumble , false step

Synonyms: slip , lapse , failure , mistake , oversight , error , blunder , fault , miss

Synonyms: jaunt , excursion , tour , ramble , stroll , short journey

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Synonyms: jaunt , lapse , slip , stumble , misstep

Associated words: itinerary , itinerancy , viatic , viaticum

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List of paraphrases for "trip":

journey , travel , voyage , excursion , tour , visit , travelling , travels , flight , trips , ride , traveling , ikea , outing , displacement , odometer , itinerary

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Gordon Lightfoot :

I wrote one called 'The No Hotel.' I got inspired in 1989 while I was on a trip down to Brazil, and I didn't finish it until eight years later.

Jill Biden :

Joe and Cindy McCain would argue about issues and they would see things totally differently. But at the end of Election Day, there we would be together having dinner or going on a trip together or whatever it was, i mean there was true civility in government. And that's what I think we should return to.

Dan Fogelman :

Guilt Trip's not something I certainly set out to do, but again, like it means something is being done right, i think crying -- because Guilt Trip's funny to put tissue box emoji on things on Twitter -- Guilt Trip becomes like an overarching narrative, and I get Guilt Trip. Guilt Trip's actually Guilt Trip, but I think Guilt Trip almost can make the power of what we're trying to do feel a little bit smaller because it seems like,' Oh, he's just trying to make you cry.'.

Jimmy Bell :

In all fairness, he probably ran as good a race as he has run (in the Derby), we all sometimes wish to work out a better trip, but it wasn’t meant to be and that’s horse racing. We were just looking for an opportunity to showcase his talent and his versatility, and I am very happy he got the job done for us.

Brendan McDermid :

The best you can do is to get the exposure and focus correct and worry about your composition secondary, more importantly, try not to trip and fall on your colleagues. Or fall to the ground and get trampled by them.

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a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.

a journey, voyage, or run made by a boat, train, bus, or the like, between two points: It's a short trip from Baltimore to Philadelphia.

round trip (defs. 1, 2) .

a single journey or course of travel taken as part of one's duty, work, etc.: his daily trip to the bank.

a stumble; misstep .

a sudden impeding or catching of a person's foot so as to throw the person down, especially in wrestling.

a slip, mistake, error, or blunder.

an error or lapse in conduct or etiquette.

a light, nimble step or movement of the feet.

Machinery .

a projecting object mounted on a moving part for striking a control lever to stop, reverse, or otherwise control the actions of some machine, as a milling machine or printing press.

a sudden release or start.

a catch of fish taken by a fishing vessel in a single voyage.

an instance or period of being under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug, especially LSD.

the euphoria, illusions, etc., experienced during such a period.

any stimulating or exciting experience: The class reunion was a real trip.

any intense interest or preoccupation: She's been on a nostalgia trip all week.

a period of time, experience, or lifestyle: Those early years in college were a bad trip.

to stumble: to trip over a child's toy.

to make a slip, error, or mistake, as in conversation or conduct.

to step lightly or nimbly; skip ; dance .

to go with a light, quick step or tread: She tripped gaily across the room.

to make a journey or excursion.

to tip or tilt.

Horology . (of a tooth on an escape wheel) to slide past the face of the pallet by which it is supposed to be locked and strike the pallet in such a way as to move the balance or pendulum improperly.

Slang . to be under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug, especially LSD (often followed by out ): He tripped out on peyote.

to cause to stumble (often followed by up ): The rug tripped him up.

to cause to fail; hinder, obstruct, or overthrow.

to cause to make a slip or error (often followed by up ): to trip up a witness by skillful questioning.

to catch in a slip or error.

to break out (an anchor) by turning over or lifting from the bottom by a line ( tripping line ) attached to the anchor's crown.

to tip or turn (a yard) from a horizontal to a vertical position.

to lift (an upper mast) before lowering.

to operate, start, or set free (a mechanism, weight, etc.) by suddenly releasing a catch, clutch, or the like.

Machinery . to release or operate suddenly (a catch, clutch, etc.).

wedge (def. 17) .

to tread or dance lightly upon (the ground, floor, etc.).

Archaic . to perform with a light or tripping step, as a dance.

Idioms about trip

lay a trip on , Slang . to inflict one's preoccupations or obsessions on (another person): Mother's been trying to lay a guilt trip on me about leaving home.

trip the light fantastic , Facetious . to go dancing.

Origin of trip

Synonym study for trip, other words for trip, other words from trip.

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Other definitions for trip (2 of 2)

a group of animals, as sheep, goats, or fowl; flock .

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How to use trip in a sentence

The show will also include documenting the winner’s ISS trip , including their launch and 10-day space station stay, as well as their return journey and landing.

They’re waterproof, which makes them good for whitewater trips, too.

Some said, “That’ll be the trip of your life,” while others noted, “That place will change you.”

It’s here that my parents told me to take a trip to the village to search for these answers on my own.

Case would even offer to fly out promising and hard-to-reach startups to have them join the trip .

Finding the shop is a trip in itself and an introduction to a slice of history.

Anthony Goldstein probably chose a trip to the Quidditch World Cup over his Birthright trip to Israel.

After my first trip to his place in Tucson we called one another on the telephone.

“During this trip , I did as a lone wolf, I risked a lot,” he said.

My trip takes the reverse path, and I begin by assessing the depth of my Shakespeare knowledge in his birthplace.

The Comet started on her first trip up the Arkansas, being the first steam boat that ascended that river.

Liszt has returned from his trip , and I have played to him twice this week, and am to go again on Monday.

But Punch was five; and he knew that going to England would be much nicer than a trip to Nassick.

The Italian trip was discussed, and considerable ignorance of geography was, as is usual, manifested by all present.

I knowed, a-course, that I could go kick up a fuss when Simpson stopped by his office on his trip back from Goldstone.

British Dictionary definitions for trip

/ ( trɪp ) /

an outward and return journey, often for a specific purpose

any tour, journey, or voyage

a false step; stumble

any slip or blunder

a light step or tread

a manoeuvre or device to cause someone to trip

Also called: tripper

any catch on a mechanism that acts as a switch

( as modifier ) : trip button

a surge in the conditions of a chemical or other automatic process resulting in an instability

informal a hallucinogenic drug experience

informal any stimulating, profound, etc, experience

(often foll by up, or when intr, by on or over ) to stumble or cause to stumble

to make or cause to make a mistake or blunder

( tr often foll by up ) to trap or catch in a mistake

(intr) to go on a short tour or journey

(intr) to move or tread lightly

(intr) informal to experience the effects of LSD or any other hallucinogenic drug

to activate (a mechanical trip)

trip a switch to switch electric power off by moving the switch armature to disconnect the supply

• See also trip out

Derived forms of trip

• trippingly , adverb

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with trip

In addition to the idioms beginning with trip

• triple threat
• trip the light fantastic

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Alabama stays hot, adds another four-star LB recruit in Luke Metz

Staying hot may be an understatement for Kalen DeBoer and Alabama .

The Crimson Tide have surged to the top 10 of the 2025 team recruiting rankings this week with a focus on defense and more specifically at linebacker. Darrell Johnson committed on Wednesday, Abduall Sanders followed on Thursday and now fellow four-star linebacker Luke Metz went public with his UA commitment on Sunday.

Each of the prospects was able to get to Tuscaloosa in the last two weeks, with Metz visiting Wednesday and Thursday, when he gave a silent pledge to DeBoer and company.

"I just felt the vibes, the vibes felt great," Metz told Rivals, admitting his decision became clear following a one-on-one conversation with defensive coordinator Kane Wommack. "It's the winning culture there. Everything they do it elite."

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Metz took in UA spring practice before getting more intimate time with the coaches. It included DeBoer, who sat down with the newest Crimson Tide commitment for an hour before the visit ended.

"Getting to know him a little more, with their brand of football," he said. "It was a cool vibe...then I spoke to coach Wommack and he was like, 'what are you gonna do, man? No pressure.'

"I told him I was committed, 'let's go!' Then he started jumping up and down, he was so excited. That was kind of the whole coaching staff's reaction, so it made me feel really special."

The new group in town, despite Metz's childhood Alabama fandom, played a major part in the commitment. It included their approach, something he got to see up close and feel more comfortable with.

"It's a lot different than the old staff," he said. "It's more defined. The amount of detail is still there, but it's kind of a newer, younger approach. It's a new outlook on things, and the way they're using all of their tools...it's gonna produce a lot of winning football.

"It was hard not to jump in."

Projected to play the stinger position in the new Alabama defense, the newest Crimson Tide pledge expects to hit the ground running once in Tuscaloosa for good.

"I fit in extremely well," Metz said. "We're gonna make some things happen in 2025 and those next few years."

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Synonyms & Similar Words

• peregrination
• commutation

Thesaurus Definition of journey  (Entry 2 of 2)

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• road - trip
• knock (about)
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Alabama basketball distances itself from Auburn with another trip to Sweet 16

• Published: Mar. 25, 2024, 7:15 a.m.
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This is an opinion column.

That was madness, a game drunk on energy and passion, the insanity of NCAA Tournament basketball distilled to its essence and run through a moonshine still somewhere deep in Walker County.

Someone must’ve spiked the Gatorade coolers with Everclear, 95 percent alcohol by volume, because Alabama and Grand Canyon was 100 percent proof that you’ve got to mix plenty of will with your skill to survive and advance.

Alabama survived and Alabama advanced because the best offense in school history by the numbers, one of the best in the country by the metrics and the eye test, decided to get down in a stance, get dirty and play defense.

It also helped that senior All-American Mark Sears took the wheel on both ends of the floor, coming up big with 26 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and stellar defense, with true freshman Mouhamed Dioubate riding shotgun down the stretch. Both of those developments were absolutely necessary to the 72-61 victory. Neither the defense by Sears nor the star turn by Dioubate were reasonably expected.

You could say the same for the fact that Alabama has advanced to the Sweet 16 for the second straight season, for the third time in the last four years. The team from Tuscaloosa hadn’t made this kind of joyful noise in March in more than three decades. It wasn’t supposed to happen again this year.

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Puerto Rico isn’t on the 2024 map, but Biden is betting big on voters from the island

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Ricans on the island can’t vote for president this November. But those who are from the U.S. territory and live on the mainland are becoming a major priority for Joe Biden’s campaign. 

Trading in chilly Washington for tropical temperatures, Vice President Kamala Harris landed in Puerto Rico on Friday for her first official visit to Puerto Rico since taking office, touting the Biden administration’s support for the island as it continues to rebuild following several hurricanes.

The vice president highlighted how the Biden administration has invested more than $140 billion in Puerto Rico to improve infrastructure, support clean energy and increase access to capital for small businesses. She visited a home outside San Juan to show how a program funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development is helping rebuild and repair homes. 

“I think it’s critically important to remember this island is home to some of the most talented and innovative people in our nation,” said Harris, who last visited Puerto Rico as a senator in 2017.

The administration is trying to sell what it says are its accomplishments on the island as the Puerto Rican diaspora on the U.S. mainland gains more political clout ahead of what’s expected to be a tight presidential race. The crucial swing state of Pennsylvania has the third-largest population of Puerto Ricans in the U.S. — about 500,000 — behind Florida and New York. 

The Biden campaign has been investing more in Latino outreach much sooner this election cycle — and it’s not just focusing on the usual wide-reaching outlets like Univision and Telemundo, both owned by NBC News’ parent company, NBCUniversal. 

The campaign is already airing ads on WAPA-TV, a major station in Puerto Rico, contrasting Biden’s record with Donald Trump’s on health care costs and reproductive rights, hoping the message will find its way back to the mainland. It is also running ads on local radio stations on the island and across the U.S. targeting Puerto Ricans and Latinos more broadly. 

“People that are part of the diaspora receive their information from it,” said one Biden campaign official familiar with the strategy. “We’re being intentional.”

‘We need to put Pennsylvania on the map’

The rising number of Puerto Ricans in central Florida — a key area in a perennial battleground state — has drawn plenty of attention from campaigns in previous election cycles. But with Florida leaning further to the right in recent years, Democrats are placing a greater emphasis on Puerto Rican voters in the more narrowly divided Pennsylvania in 2024.

Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, a former City Council member in Philadelphia who’s now working with Boricuas Con Biden, a group organizing Puerto Rican voters for the president, said the campaign engaged with the Latino community overall in Pennsylvania too late in 2020, but she’s encouraged by the early outreach this year.

“The Puerto Rican/Latino community is not only growing, but electing people in all corners of the state,” she said. “So we become that margin that others don’t look at that’s going to make the difference if the campaign engages us — and ties our reality to the future of our country.” 

While Philadelphia has long been home to a sizable Puerto Rican population, Democratic operatives are also eyeing other cities in Pennsylvania, such as Allentown, Scranton, Lancaster and Erie.

“We need to put Pennsylvania on the map and make it a blue state, not a purple state,” Quiñones-Sánchez said.

Puerto Rico’s complex politics 

Hurricanes Irma and Maria battered Puerto Rico in 2017, with Maria killing an estimated 3,000 people and becoming one of the costliest disasters in U.S. history. A less severe Hurricane Fiona drenched the island in 2022, but still caused significant flooding. The hurricanes — along with mounting financial troubles over the last decade — have prompted many Puerto Ricans to move to the mainland.

Puerto Ricans still on the island — U.S. citizens — can only vote in presidential primaries, not the general election, but they can still influence their relatives on the mainland.

Still, politics in Puerto Rico are vastly different and don’t break down cleanly along traditional Republican and Democrat ideologies, which could pose challenges for the Biden campaign’s efforts. 

While Trump drew headlines for minimizing the death toll following Hurricane Maria and tossing paper towels to residents during a visit, many Puerto Ricans on the island feel deep skepticism and resentment towards the federal government — of any political party — after what is seen by many here as a brutal history of colonialism. 

After the island realized it couldn’t pay more than $70 billion in debts a decade ago, the Obama administration and Congress put its finances under a fiscal control board. Many residents have derisively referred to it as “La Junta” — and see it as another example of the federal government exerting its control over Puerto Rico.

Biden has attempted to promote his connection to the Puerto Rican community in his native Pennsylvania. “I was sort of raised in the Puerto Rican community at home, politically,” Biden said in October of 2022 when he visited the island in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona.

Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi was the first person to greet Harris at the airport Friday. He is locked in a tight re-election race after winning in 2020 by roughly 19,000 votes. He received just 33% of the total vote and more recently has faced protests over a number of issues.

As Puerto Rico emerges from bankruptcy and begins to utilize billions of American tax dollars to rebuild its infrastructure following Hurricane Maria, there are plenty of controversies on the island that rarely get much attention on the U.S. mainland: recurring blackouts ; the privatization of power distribution; and controversial tax breaks known as Act 22 that critics argue are causing gentrification.

Harris visited Canóvanas, a town near San Juan that was devastated by Hurricane Maria. As Harris drove by, one woman held up a sign that read: “Help me for my house. I don’t have one since Hurricane Maria.”

The vice president toured a home that had been rebuilt and finished a year ago. Canóvanas Mayor Lornna Soto Villanueva said the town has received $310 million in federal funds following the Category 4 storm.

“It’s very important that the White House chose to visit us,” she said.

Not all Puerto Ricans welcomed the trip. Some shouted “Yankees go home!” during Harris’ stop at a community center in the Santurce neighborhood of San Juan. Others held signs opposing the Israel-Hamas war.

Danielle Alvarez, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, quipped that in 2020, Biden’s idea of Hispanic outreach was playing “Despacito” — a hit pop song that translates to “Slowly” — during a speech .  

“Boricuas won’t forget that Crooked Joe shipped Puerto Rico’s pharmaceutical industry to China and President Trump fought to bring it back,” Alvarez said. “Biden is a disaster for all Americans, especially La Isla Del Encanto.” 

Trump has attempted to attack Biden over a vote he made in the Senate in 1996 for a bill that, among other things, phased out a tax break that supporters said attracted business to the island, including pharmaceutical companies.

Erica Gonzalez, the director of the advocacy group Power 4 Puerto Rico, said there has been a lot of “gestures” from the administration, but they’ve fallen short so far. 

“What’s been disappointing is that they haven’t taken action on some structural issues like Act 22 and the fiscal control board,” she said. “On those issues, there hasn’t been visible leadership.”

Whether the Biden campaign can convince her and others in the Puerto Rican community to trust them could be a pivotal question in the fall.

“Puerto Ricans are going to be critical,” Gonzalez said.

Gabe Gutierrez is a senior White House correspondent for NBC News.

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Former Mormon bishop highlighted in AP investigation arrested on felony child sex abuse charges

FILE - The exterior of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is shown in Hailey, Idaho, on Sept., 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen, File)

FILE - Chelsea Goodrich poses for a portrait in Ketchum, Idaho, on Sept. 19, 2023. Goodrich’s father, a popular Idaho dentist and former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church, was arrested Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Virginia after being indicted on charges he sexually abused Chelsea while accompanying her on a school trip when she was a child. Recordings obtained by The Associated Press show that instead of helping prosecutors, the church used a legal playbook that has helped protect itself from sex abuse claims. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)

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A former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was featured in an Associated Press investigation into how the church protects itself from allegations of sexual abuse was arrested by police in Virginia this week after being indicted on charges he sexually abused his daughter while accompanying her on a school trip when she was a child, according to court filings.

Police and federal authorities had been searching for John Goodrich after a grand jury in Williamsburg on Jan. 17 found probable cause that he committed four felonies, including rape by force, threat or intimidation, forcible sodomy, and two counts of felony aggravated sexual battery by a parent of a child.

Those charges were filed weeks after the AP investigation revealed how a representative of the church, widely known as the Mormon church, employed a risk management playbook that has helped it keep child sexual abuse cases secret after allegations surfaced that Goodrich abused his daughter Chelsea, now in her 30s, at their home in Idaho as well as on a school field trip to the Washington, D.C., area 20 years ago.

“I hope this case will finally bring justice for my childhood sexual abuse,” Chelsea Goodrich said in a statement to the AP. “I’m grateful it appears that the Commonwealth of Virginia is taking one event of child sexual assault more seriously than years of repeated assaults were treated in Idaho.”

A call Wednesday to John Goodrich’s cellphone went immediately to voicemail. Tommy Norment, a Williamsburg defense attorney for John Goodrich, declined to comment, saying he was still familiarizing himself with the case. The Williamsburg Police Department also did not respond to multiple requests for comment on Goodrich’s case.

Goodrich’s arrest in Virginia comes nearly eight years after he was arrested in Idaho on similar charges. Chelsea and her mother, Lorraine, went to Idaho police in 2016 to report wide-ranging allegations of abuse during her childhood.

Those charges were eventually dropped after a key witness in the case, another Mormon bishop to whom John had made a spiritual confession about him and his daughter, refused to testify. While the details of that confession have not been made public, the church excommunicated Goodrich.

The AP’s investigation was based in part on hours of audio recordings of Chelsea’s 2017 meetings with Paul Rytting, a Utah attorney who was head of the church’s Risk Management Division, which works to protect the church against sexual abuse lawsuits and other costly claims.

Chelsea went to Rytting for help in getting the bishop to testify about John’s spiritual confession. During the recorded meetings, Rytting expressed concern for what he called John’s “significant sexual transgression,” but said the bishop, whose position in the church is akin to a Catholic priest, could not testify. He cited a “clergy-penitent privilege” loophole in Idaho’s mandatory reporting law that exempts clergy from having to divulge information about child sex abuse that is gleaned in a spiritual confession.

Without that testimony, prosecutors in Idaho dropped that earlier case.

Invoking the clergy privilege was just one facet of the risk management playbook that Rytting employed in the Goodrich matter. Rytting offered Chelsea and her mother $300,000 in exchange for a confidentiality agreement and a pledge to destroy their recordings of their meetings, which they had made at the recommendation of an attorney and with Rytting’s knowledge. The AP obtained similar recordings that were made by a church member at the time who attended the meetings as Chelsea’s advocate.

The church also employed the use of its so-called sex abuse Helpline, which John Goodrich’s bishop had called after his confession. As AP revealed in 2022, the Helpline is a phone number set up by the church for bishops to report instances of child sex abuse. Instead of connecting church victims to counseling or other services, however, the Helpline often reports serious allegations of abuse to a church law firm.

In a statement to the AP for its recent investigation, the church said, “the abuse of a child or any other individual is inexcusable,” and that John Goodrich, following his excommunication, “has not been readmitted to church membership.”

News coverage of the Idaho case brought out another alleged victim. After learning about Chelsea’s allegations, a 53-year-old single mother accused him of having nonconsensual sex with her after giving her the drug Halcion, a controlled substance John Goodrich often used to sedate patients during dental procedures. She alleged that Goodrich drugged her the previous July after she cut off a sexual relationship with him.

In the end, John Goodrich reached a plea agreement in that case, and escaped sex crimes charges.

Chelsea Goodrich approached the AP with her story, she said, because her father remained free and practicing dentistry in Idaho with access to children.

On Tuesday, after authorities spent two weeks searching for him, Goodrich turned himself in to police in Williamsburg, a court official told Chelsea Goodrich, and he posted bond. He will be allowed to leave Virginia during legal proceedings, the court official said.

Contact AP’s global investigative team at [email protected] or https://www.ap.org/tips/ .