Welcome to October Surprise, the Daily Beast’s daily countdown to the biggest election of our lifetime. It’s only seven days until Election Day and here’s what’s happening in the race to the White House between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Donald Trump closed a rambling, lie-filled “press conference” on Tuesday by taking no questions and raving about his so-called “lovefest” of a political rally at Madison Square Garden.
The hour-long press event, held at Mar-a-Lago, was an opportunity for Trump to disavow racist jokes made at Sunday’s rally by Tony Hinchcliffe , which included the right-wing comedian referring to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.” ADVERTISEMENT Trump made no mention of the ill-advised joke that has peeved Puerto Ricans and their millions of loved ones in places like Philadelphia, New York and Florida, the very state where Trump was speaking on Tuesday. Instead, the GOP presidential candidate decided to gush over the “breathtaking” amount of love that he claims to have felt in MSG.
“There’s never been an event so beautiful,” Trump said. “Was like a lovefest, an absolute lovefest, and it was my honor to be involved.” Read the story here .
Rapper Bad Bunny posted a video celebrating Puerto Rican culture on Tuesday after a comedian at Donald Trump ’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Bad Bunny’s video was captioned “garbage,” a reference to Tony .
