AOC piles on Trump for comedian who trashed Puerto Rico: ‘Mini Jan. 6’ rally

Washington Examiner ^ | 10/28/24 | Cami Mondeaux

[DallasBiff]

Republicans are looking to minimize the fallout from comments made during former president Donald Trump's campaign rally on Sunday referring to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”

The joke, made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe before Trump spoke, has prompted widespread criticism from both sides of the aisle, including from celebrities who condemned the comments and used it as an opportunity to express support for Vice President Kamala Harris.

[DallasBiff]

IMO, the joke was directed at AOC and her voters in the Bronx.

She has been silent during Kamala's campaign, since she is so un likeable.

Flame away.

[Larry Lucido]

Almost like saying “You ain’t black!”

[Opinionated Blowhard]

The comedian - or not vetting what the comedian said ahead of time - was a bad idea. This is the hook that the MSN needs to run a narrative that the rally was racist. I don’t think that overwhelms the positive publicity, but it was an unnecessary error.

[tired&retired]

I thought he was funny.

He told about a pile of trash floating in the Atlantic Ocean, they call it Puerto Rico.

I immediately thought of AOC.

[Fireone]

Sandy’s looking a little chunky lately, maybe she forgot to schedule this year’s abortion?

[paudio]

Great! I hope she inserts herself to this issue. People will think, “Ooh... so this was what Tony meant!”

[FlingWingFlyer]

Crazy Tequila Woman. Squawd Chiefette.

[cnsmom]

The squad is thinking out with each election she has to be nervous.

[dfwgator]

But that was not the place to tell the joke.

[Rdct29]

I'm sure people will look at this and decide they're going to change their vote to Kamala Harris and Weirdo Walz. What about the crazy looking George Lopez joke calling Mexicans thieves? Does that count in the corrupt media spin machine? They pretend like that joke didn't happen. This race has nothing to do with jokes. It has to do with the survival of the country. It won't survive 4 years of Kamala the drunk and stupid ventriloquist dummy. Joe has dementia, what's Kamala’s excuse?

[Eli Kopter]

I’m glad she watched to the rally.

[God luvs America]

AOC- who grew up in the mean streets of Yorktown Hts...

[apillar]

Oh No’s! I guess Trump lost Puerto Rico...oh wait a minute Puerto Rico isn’t actually a state so although they can technically vote, they don’t actually get a single Electoral vote...So (shrug) oh well I guess..

[MayflowerMadam]

The people I’ve seen interviewed about this, who are from Puerto Rico, say it didn’t bother them at all.

[rktman]

Well of course naughtZees would hire some clown like that.

[xkaydet65]

She went by the name Sandy Ocasio when at Yorktown Heights HS. I can’t say for sure, but I would not be surprised if she passed herself as Italian. I have cousins darker than she is and Ocasio is as much Italian as Hispanic.

[LeonardFMason]

Most Puerto Ricans I know in the US are voting Trump. They left the island “paradise” of Puerto Rico for a reason.

[Newtoidaho]

I hear Sandy turned some of her most profitable tricks in PR.

[dfwgator]

At least the people who are offended, aren’t going to vote for Trump anyway.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Reuters interviewed a Puerto Rican from NY who was so offended he decided to take the Trump signs off his lawn and not vote in the election.