In the days since his rally, Puerto Rican celebrities Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez, and Ricky Martin disavowed the comments, while rapper Nicky Jam un-endorsed the former President over them.
Trump referred to Hinchcliffe as a “filler in all fairness” and added that he had “no idea who [Hinchcliffe] is.
“All of the sudden, the Democrats, and they are good at this stuff, by the way,” Trump said, “he mentioned Puerto Rico and they made it like a big deal.” The ex-president defended his record on Puerto Rico, despite widespread criticism of his administration’s botched response to Hurricane Maria.
“Nobody’s been better than Puerto Rico than me,” Trump claimed.
“Puerto Ricans will tell you that – nobody’s done more for Puerto Rico than me.”
When a speaker at Donald Trump’s rally in Madison sq\. Garden made a racist joke last weekend, Trump is still attempting to defend it, this time accusing Democrats of making it “a big deal.”. “”.
As he opened Trump’s rally in New York, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”. The former president’s political rivals took offense at the statement, which sent shockwaves through the Puerto Rican community.
Puerto Rican rapper Nicky Jam un-endorsed the former president over the remarks, while Puerto Rican celebrities Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, and Bad Bunny all denied them in the days following his rally.
On Saturday morning, Trump informed the hosts of “Fox and Friends” that the comment detracted from the main point of the rally.
In his complaint, Trump said, “They made this – one little comedian telling a little joke, early in the show, when nobody had even started going in to the arena, practically – they’ve made this comedian, and they’ve made the whole weekend, and they took out this gorgeous, unbelievable, patriotic evening, and they sort of stained it.”.
Trump claimed to have “no idea who [Hinchcliffe] is” and called him a “filler in all fairness.”. He’s a man who was placed there by kind and decent people. “.”.
However, Trump accuses Democrats of undermining his support among Puerto Ricans, not the comedian who made the racist remark or the campaign staff who apparently did not thoroughly investigate him.
“The Democrats are good at this stuff, by the way,” Trump remarked, “and they made a big deal out of it when he brought up Puerto Rico.”. “”.
Despite the fact that his administration’s response to Hurricane Maria was a disaster, the former president defended his record on Puerto Rico.
“I’ve been better than Puerto Rico,” Trump asserted. Puerto Ricans will tell you that I have done more for the island than anyone else. “”.
