Donald Trump needed his Nazi-style rally at Madison Sq. Backyard, in New York Metropolis, the media capital of the world. After which he let loose his MAGA motion’s ugly all-out bigotry.
It’s his marketing campaign’s greatest blunder, and it’s an enormous one. Even Republicans are freakin’ the f’ out.
On Sunday, I instantly wrote up the “jokes” by MAGA “comedian” Tony Hinchcliffe about Puerto Rico being “actually a floating island of rubbish, or the one about “Latinos, they love making infants too. Simply know that. They do. They do. There’s no pulling out. They don’t do this. They arrive inside. Identical to they did to our nation.” Nothing like mixing lewd ejaculation jokes with racism.
I knew it will ship shockwaves by means of the Boriqua neighborhood in key battleground states. And boy, did it ever.
The holy trinity of Puerto Rican stardom—Unhealthy Bunny, J-Lo, and Ricky Martin, with over 315 million mixed followers on Instagram alone—have been on a tear, sharing Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan for Puerto Rico side-by-side with the comic’s racist tirade in opposition to the island.
Different Puerto Rican celebrities like Luis Fonsi (16 million Instagram followers) adopted swimsuit. This was Unhealthy Bunny’s first time partaking this election.
Actually, Unhealthy Bunny shared Harris’ video 4 instances. He’s pissed.
Republicans know they’re in deep shit, and never simply because “rally is racist” headlines at the moment are dominating the information (extra on that beneath).
“This joke bombed for a reason. It’s not funny and it’s not true,” tweeted Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott. “Puerto Ricans are amazing people and amazing Americans! I’ve been to the island many times.”
Not solely is Scott locked in a tricky reelection battle, however he’s already needed to cope with Trump and his buddies alienating the Haitian neighborhood, one other giant and politically lively Florida voting bloc.
”Disgusted by @TonyHinchcliffe’s racist remark calling Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of rubbish,’” tweeted Florida Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar. “This rhetoric does not reflect GOP values.” Besides that in fact it does. It was actually featured in Trump’s massive rally. And Trump certain hasn’t disavowed it (and no, the marketing campaign doesn’t rely; he has to apologize for it).
Different Republicans adopted swimsuit, like Puerto Rico’s Republican Occasion chairman, Florida Rep. Carlos Gimenez, and New York Rep. Anthony D’Esposito. Extra will probably be a part of the record within the subsequent 24 hours.
And the headlines, oh the headlines! (These are the headlines as I write this. They’re usually modified.)
CNN’s total high half of its homepage on Sunday evening: “Trump loyalists spew racist, vulgar attacks at NYC rally.” You understand how onerous it’s for media retailers to say the phrase “racist.” That’s how racist it was.
The Washington Submit: “Trump rally speakers invoke racist tropes in denouncing Harris; Vance defends Trump’s ‘enemies within’ comments.” Glad Jeff Bezos determined to cave to the racists!
The New York Instances: “Racist Remarks and Insults Mark Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally.” OMG, even the Instances used the phrase “racist” to explain racism! Progress!
Univision: “Aliados de Trump insultan a Harris y denigran a los puertorriqueños en evento en el Madison Square Garden.” In English: “Trump allies insult Harries and denigrate Puertoricans.” The story defined that “comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s set was full of vulgar and denigrating supposed jokes, full of racist stereotypes of Latinos, Jews, and Blacks.” (My translation.)
Telemundo: “El comediante Tony Hinchcliffe hace chistes racistas sobre los latinos y Puerto Rico en evento de Trump en el Madison Square Garden.” In English, “Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe makes racist jokes about Latinos and Puerto Ricans.”
Guys, this shit is brutal.
Actually, it’s so dangerous that persons are barely centered on no matter drivel Trump spewed. Your complete narrative has been reset.
That is the October shock: everybody, together with the media, lastly realizing what the MAGA motion actually is and being unafraid to state it. The “comedian” himself certain as heck sees nothing improper together with his racism and bigotry. And Gimenez, regardless of criticizing Hinchcliffe, certain went out of his option to reward Trump, the man whose operation employed Hinchcliffe for the act.
That is who they’re.
