It was the joke that was heard around the world; on Sunday, October 27, 2024, in Madison Square Garden, New York City.
Former President Trump, the GOP frontrunner for President of the United States, held a rally that many deemed controversial for various reasons. Some people referenced the Nazi rally held in the same forum in 1939, while others pointed out that three other presidential candidates also held rallies at Madison Square Garden, although none of the other rallies featured a comedian.
Richard Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, and Lyndon B. Johnson held rallies at Madison Square Garden.
Trump’s rally included many speakers from former political analysist for Fox News Tucker Carlson, former wrestler Hulk Hogan, and comedian Tony Hinchcliff.
The controversy comes when shock jock comedian Tony Hinchcliff took the stage and said some jokes deemed racist and vulgar were aimed at Puerto Rico.
THE JOKE:
“There’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now, I think it’s called Puerto Rico” – Tony Hinchcliff
THE AFTERMATH:
Former President Donald Trump immediately came out to do damage control and said in an interview with Fox News Sean Hannity that the comedian “probably shouldn’t have attended the rally” and continued to say that no president has done more for Puerto Rico than he has.
Bad Bunny, a Puerto Rican superstar, has come out and endorsed Kamala Harris over the comedian’s jokes.
Puerto Rican Shadow Senator Zoraida Buxo endorsed former President Trump.
Sitting President Joe Biden, while on a Zoom call with a Latino Pac, made another comment that now has the Kamala Harris campaign playing clean up as well.
Sitting President Joe Biden went on a tirade where he said, “And Puerto Rico where I’m’ from/ my home state of Delaware, they are good, honorable, and decent people, only garbage I see floating out there is his [supporters/supporter’s]–his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.” President Joe Biden has since come to clean up his remarks by claiming to be talking about the comedian and not Trump supporters.
Since then Donald Trump went to his next rally in Green Bay in a Make America Great Again Garbage Truck and even took a press conference while sitting in the passenger seat.
Trump supporters have since capitalized on the remark and have taken pictures with trash cans and claiming to be around there people.
This is taking trash-talking to a new level.
