Trump Comedian Goes Off on Puerto Rico Joke Controversy After NYC Set

The comic who caught hell for his “garbage” joke about Puerto Rico has launched his post-speech response, recorded the evening after his look at Madison Sq. Backyard.

In an episode of “Kill Tony,” the podcast and present hosted by Tony Hinchcliffe, he is onstage performing … and he goes right into a bit about his freshly controversial set from the evening earlier than.

You may recall … at a Donald Trump rally at Madison Sq. Backyard in NYC on October 27, Hinchcliffe was warming up the crowd — one in every of his jokes was, “I don’t know if you know this, but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico.”

That provoked outrage on-line and in actual life, with many politicians and media figures — and even Trump’s personal marketing campaign — to name out the joke, and Tony, for poor style. There was additionally concern his affiliation with Trump was doubtlessly damaging to Hispanic voters, a demographic Trump was attempting to courtroom.

Within the set recorded the night afterward, he leaned into the controversy.

“I’m currently under attack,” Tony mentioned in Austin, Texas. “I just want to say, I love Puerto Ricans — they’re very smart people — they’re smart, they’re street smart, they’re smart enough to know when they’re being used as political fodder.”

Tony completed with “I apologize to absolutely nobody,” doubling down on his stance — “Not to the Puerto Ricans, not to the Whites, not to the Blacks, not to the Palestinians, not to the Jews, and not to my own mother, who I made fun of during the set.”

Hinchcliffe did appear to acknowledge his misstep from the evening earlier than, nonetheless.

“Perhaps that venue at that time wasn’t the best f***in’ place to do this set at,” he mentioned.