Trump rally comic reportedly tested racist Puerto Rico joke at comedy club
by Robert Tait in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#6RTYE)
Joke from Tony Hinchcliffe apparently bombed when he told it on Saturday night, a day before New York rally
The podcaster who provoked an angry backlash against Donald Trump's campaign with a racist joke about Puerto Rico reportedly tested out the gags at a comedy club the night before delivering them at Sunday's televised rally at Madison Square Garden.
Tony Hinchcliffe, whose 11-minute set has thrown Trump's team into damage limitation mode a week before the presidential election, made the same quip, calling the territory a floating island of garbage", at the Stand club in New York on Saturday, according to NBC.
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