Donald Trump has thrown all the blame on the Democrats for making a “big deal” out of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s remarks at the recent Madison Square Garden rally where he said Puerto Rico was “garbage” and made antisemitic jokes. But the former president also claimed he had “no idea” who the comedian was, had no say over his contribution and also claimed he had not yet heard the “joke.” “It was unbelievable,” Trump told Fox & Friends in a phone interview.
“Well, I guess somebody put on a comedian, any joke. Here’s a comedian, a joke.” ADVERTISEMENT Just as the Republican presidential candidate was about to blame the Democrats for the backlash, he chose to speak about what they were “good at.
” “He mentioned Puerto Rico,” Trump continued. “All of a sudden, the Democrats..
. and they are good at this stuff, by the way, that’s the only thing they’re good at. They’re no good at policy, they’re no good at government.
They’re good at other things. They’re very good at cheating, but other than that, they’re not good at anything.” Tony Hinchcliffe was widely reprimanded for using racist slurs and calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.
” He managed to combine anti-Latino insults and racist stereotypes with antisemitic tropes into the space of a few minutes. Republicans such as the Chairman of the Republican Party of Puerto Rico Ángel Cintrón were among those to come out in criticism against his booking, but Trump.
