Backlash after comedian at Trump rally calls Puerto Rico 'island of garbage'

Saudi Gazette

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Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe was supposed to be one of over a dozen warm-up acts for Donald Trump’s campaign rally on Sunday in Madison Square Garden.
Time
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Inflammatory remarks made by comic Tony Hinchcliffe about Puerto Rico at a Donald Trump rally could resonate deeply with Puerto Rican voters across the U.S., particularly in critical swing states.
Newsweek
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The joke was one of several controversial moments that left a bad taste in Democrats' mouths and even pushed Republicans to repudiate the routine.
The Gazette
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At the campaign event in Manhattan on Sunday, Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean” and made other offensive comments about Jewish and Black Americans.
The Independent

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