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Tony Hinchcliffe Called Puerto Rico a ‘Floating Island of Garbage’: His Hate Disguised as Comedy Wasn’t Funny or a Joke


At Sunday's Donald Trump rally, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico "floating garbage" and it wasn't funny, and it wasn't a joke.

When comedian Tony Hinchcliffe took the stage at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday for a MAGA rally in support of Donald Trump ‘s presidential campaign, he didn’t just cross a line — he fully erased it. This shift has forced me, and countless other Latinos, to confront a painful reality: in today’s America, we’ve become the scapegoats in a narrative of fear, blamed and vilified to suit a political agenda. When Hinchcliffe responded to the criticism of his performance on X, addressing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz, he wrote: “These people have no sense of humor.

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