Jon Stewart defends Tony Hinchcliffe after racist joke controversy at Trump rally

The Independent

The Independent

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The podcaster who provoked an angry backlash against Donald Trump’s campaign with a racist joke about Puerto Rico reportedly tested out the gags at a comedy club the night before delivering them at Sunday’s televised rally at Madison Square Garden.
Guardian
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Days before a knife-edge United States presidential vote, the race to the White House has been embroiled in a controversy over remarks at a Donald Trump campaign event in New York City that has sparked accusations of racism.
Aljazeera
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Hinchcliffe was widely criticized by media networks and politicians on Monday for his roast-style jokes, most notably when he called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage" in reference to the U.S. territory's overflowing landfills, as well as other digs at Hispanics and Black people that critics labeled racism.
Fox News
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An NBC News producer who was in the audience and three other spectators spilled the tea on Hinchcliffe’s trial run.
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