Article 6RTMH Racist jokes about Puerto Rico at rally bring anger and disgust: ‘Truly how the Trump party sees us’

Racist jokes about Puerto Rico at rally bring anger and disgust: ‘Truly how the Trump party sees us’

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Erum Salam
from World news | The Guardian on (#6RTMH)

Tony Hinchcliffe's series of racist jokes at Donald Trump's rally on Sunday were widely condemned

Some Americans, particularly those of Puerto Rican descent, said that the racist remarks aired at Donald Trump's Sunday night rally at Madison Square Garden in New York helped them decide who to vote for.

The speaker and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe took aim at Puerto Rico, in a series of racist jokes including one in which he called it a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean".

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