J.D. Vance Defends Racist Puerto Rico Joke From MSG Rally

Few people expected that the most important line of Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday would be delivered by a stand-up comic. But comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s foul joke about Puerto Rico has dominated the news cycle on Monday, with Democrats condemning the insult comedian for calling the territory a “floating pile of garbage.”

Even Republicans were aghast by Hinchcliffe’s joke, with the Trump campaign issuing a statement claiming that it “does not reflect the views” of the candidate who reportedly tried to sell Puerto Rico while he was president. Florida senator Rick Scott — whose state is home to close to 1.2 million Puerto Ricans — tweeted that........

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