Trump rally comedian workshopped racist Puerto Rico line at NYC comedy club the night before

[riversedge]

Source: nbc news



The comments have drawn intense anger and reignited the criticism over Trump's handling of Hurricane Maria's devastating aftermath in Puerto Rico.

Oct. 28, 2024, 6:29 PM CDT By Nicole Acevedo and Ignacio Torres

The comedian who let loose a series of racist jokes, some about Puerto Rico, at former President Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday night workshopped the material the night before at a local comedy club.

The comedian, Tony Hinchcliffe, called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” to warm up the New York City crowd — drawing immediate criticism from across the political spectrum and derailing what was supposed to be a night highlighting Trump in the final stretch of the campaign.

It was not the first time Hinchcliffe had used the Puerto Rico line — he practiced it at The Stand comedy club in New York City, where he made a surprise appearance Saturday night, according to an NBC News producer and three other people who happened to be in the audience.

The joke did not draw laughs, just a handful of awkward chuckles. Hinchcliffe told the audience that he would be performing at the Madison Square Garden rally the next day and said multiple times during his routine that he would get a better reaction “tomorrow at the rally.”

The Trump campaign was asked Monday on Noticias Telemundo whether it was aware of Hinchcliffe’s jokes in advance. Vianca Rodríguez, the deputy director of Hispanic communications for the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign, said in Spanish that “they don’t have absolute control” over what speakers say, though she was asked about the fact that Hinchcliffe was reading from a teleprompter. ..............................




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Trump rally comedian ,Tony Hinchcliffe, workshopped racist Puerto Rico line at NYC comedy club the night before

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[riversedge]

1. Trump rally speaker: "And these Latinos, they love making babies too. Just know that. They do. They do.

Trump rally speaker: “And these Latinos, they love making babies too. Just know that. They do. They do. There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They come inside. Just like they did to our country.”

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[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. His father should have pulled out

[Skittles]

11. the number of kids Trump and Elon have

and they're gonna whine about Latinos?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Campaign DID review the teleprompter & his jokes: rejected a c-word joke. . . . . nt

[Ray Bruns]

3. And he was wrong.

“Performing at the Madison Square Garden rally the next day and said multiple times during his routine that he would get a better reaction ‘tomorrow at the rally’.”

[jvill]

4. Why are reporters asking IF Trump Campain knew?! IT WAS IN THE TELEPROMPTER!!

Why the effing eff are reporters STARTING the conversation by giving these people a pass for being mind-bogglingly incompetent and racist?

If this had happened to ANY other candidate:
- What did you think broadcasting deeply racists BS would do?
- If you're not accepting culpability for this, how can you be held accountable for literally anything?
- Is there anyone other than 14-year old future-incels part of this campaign?

[twodogsbarking]

5. I hope his career is ended. Bye asshole.

[riversedge]

6. Given the minset of at least 1/3 to 1/5 of the USA-his career was probably given a huge boost!!

So many do not seen to care what vile comes out of mouth of so many--damn.

[twodogsbarking]

7. I can hope.

[Jit423]

8. My thoughts on this.

I actually thought that Trump might have written the material for him and tried it out the comedy club to practice.

[FakeNoose]

10. I had a similar reaction

My thoughts were that the campaign didnt want Chump to say the insult lines in case it all backfired. So they preferred having Hinchberg say them. And boy, did it backfire.