Posted on 10/29/2024 5:34:21 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
The “appalled” Archbishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico, has demanded a direct apology from Donald Trump over comments made about the island territory by a comedian and podcaster at the former president’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday.
Roberto Octavio González Nieves posted an open letter to Trump describing his shock and anger after hearing the comments made by Tony Hinchcliffe on stage.
The letter was posted in both English and Spanish.
“There’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico,” Hinchcliffe said Sunday to an unimpressed crowd. He also joked about Black people carving watermelons instead of pumpkins for Halloween.
The Trump campaign immediately distanced itself in a statement to The Washington Post, saying, “This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”
But for the Archbishop of San Juan, it wasn’t enough.
“I enjoy a good joke. However, humor has it’s limits,” Nieves wrote, adding he had consulted with other bishops of Puerto Rico after the rally. “It should not insult or denigrate the dignity and sacredness of people. Hinchcliffe’s remarks do not only provoke sinister laughter but hatred. These kinds of remarks do not have a place in society founded upon ”liberty and justice for all.”
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Trump: Elon Musk has the correct response.
What idiot chose this comedian - or ANY comedian - to perform at a Trump rally? Why does Trump always have a group of idiots in his inner circle?
An Archbishop for the Communist Pope!
It’s a non-issue to most voters, however, why needlessly give ammo to your enemy. Someone should have vetted that content. Even if the jokes were funny, which I suppose is debatable on who you talk to, it’s still unnecessarily racial
This is 100% manufactured fake outrage and anybody will an ounce of intelligence knows it.
He’ll apologize after you political “archbishops” start paying taxes. American politics is “pay to play”. Ask the Clintoons, dummy.
An arch bishop is a joke in a funny hat
Which is?
So I consider this case to be closed. The election is a week away from today. So this story is going to run out of gas.
Ask George Lopez.
Ignore them people and keep your eye on the ball.
Nobody is unaware of who they are voting for at this point. RATs just want you to think someone would want a really dumb commie and a pedo commie all over a joke told by some comedian at a rally.
Exactly. This whole thing stinks of a setup, the way this “comedian” spoke sounded very gay which to me suggests he’s democrat and somehow he was able to get himself on the roster and sabotage the rally with those “jokes”.
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, the one about the blacks and watermelons, good God! WHO let that a-hole on? He very well may have cost Trump the election!!!
Trump and Kamala are virtually tied with Trump polling 1/10th of a point above Kamala. Just a tiny nudge is all it takes for him to lose
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-harris
A simple FU would suffice.
OK- web search does not find (perhaps predictably) Musk's response.
What was it?
You gotta think - what is the Archbishop to do? He’s got nothing but a million demorat Catholics beating down his door to take a position since it was a Catholic event.
Oh, get bent.
They should invited the esteemed Archbishop to next cycle Al Smith dinner. Or send him the link to this years’ event. I wonder who told him to be shaken to his core?
The problem here is that what the jerk said is absolutely true. I just read that Puerto Rico has run out of space for landfills. The truth hurts.
Our bishops claim they cannot get into politics to sway votes....then they do that exact thing for the party if death.
Every single time in my lifetime and I am old!
If Jesus can make a weakest man into a bishop, he can do something better with you!
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