{"id":2361331,"date":"2024-10-29T23:33:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T03:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-nobodys-fault-for-comedians-jokes-about-puerto-rico-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T23:36:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T03:36:57","slug":"trump-says-nobodys-fault-for-comedians-jokes-about-puerto-rico-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-nobodys-fault-for-comedians-jokes-about-puerto-rico-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says &#8216;nobody&#8217;s fault&#8217; for comedian&#8217;s jokes about Puerto Rico &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-nobodys-fault-for-comedians-jokes-about-puerto-rico-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2361331&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President \u200cDonald Trump addressed controversial\u200d remarks made \u200bby\u2062 comedian Tony Hinchcliffe\u200d during a recent rally in Madison Square Garden, where Hinchcliffe\u2064 referred to Puerto Rico as a\u2063 \u201cfloating island of garbage.\u201d\u200b In an interview with \u2064Sean Hannity on Fox \u200dNews,\u200b Trump\u200d stated\u200d that he had no knowledge of\u200c Hinchcliffe or his comments while at the rally and stressed that it\u200b is \u201cnobody\u2019s fault\u201d for \u200dthe \u2063comedian&#8217;s remarks. He mentioned that comedians are often invited without proper vetting\u200c and acknowledged that while such\u200b comments are unfortunate, he does not want anyone making \u201cnasty jokes.\u201d The incident has\u2064 drawn\u200b backlash \u2062from both Hispanic\u2063 communities and lawmakers, prompting \u2062Republicans to distance themselves from\u200b Hinchcliffe\u2019s statements. Trump aligned \u2064himself with\u2063 this sentiment, asserting that Hinchcliffe has &#8220;nothing\u2063 to do with the party&#8221; and expressing uncertainty about the seriousness of the situation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump claims &lsquo;nobody&rsquo;s fault&rsquo; for comedian&rsquo;s &lsquo;nasty jokes&rsquo; about Puerto Rico at rally<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1867935\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> said it&rsquo;s &ldquo;nobody&rsquo;s fault&rdquo; that a comedian shared controversial comments about <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/puerto-rico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Puerto Rico<\/a> at his Madison Square Garden rally but added that he doesn&rsquo;t want anyone making &ldquo;nasty jokes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In part one of an interview released Tuesday on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Hannity<\/em>, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">president addressed remarks made<\/a> by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe that Puerto Rico is a &ldquo;floating island of garbage&rdquo;&nbsp;over the weekend that drew scrutiny from both sides of the aisle.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I still have &mdash; I have no idea who he is,&rdquo; Trump said to host Sean Hannity. &ldquo;Somebody said there was a comedian that joked about Puerto Rico or something, and I had no idea who was. Never saw him, never heard of him&hellip;I had no idea they put a comedian in, which everybody does. You throw comedians in, you don&rsquo;t vet them, and they go crazy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s nobody&rsquo;s fault. But somebody said something bad,&rdquo; the former president added.<\/p>\n<p>Hannity suggested that Trump may not have even been at the rally at the time Hinchcliffe was speaking. The former president told <em>ABC News<\/em> on Tuesday that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3207114\/trump-didnt-hear-tony-hinchcliffe-joke-doesnt-denounce-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">did not hear the comedian&rsquo;s comments<\/a> and did not know who invited him.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-only-pandemic-we-have-is-among-the-unvaccinated-biden-says-facebook-misinformation-is-killing-people\/\" title=\"\u2018The Only Pandemic We Have Is Among The Unvaccinated\u2019: Biden Says Facebook Misinformation Is \u2018Killing People\u2019\">comments sparked backlash<\/a> across Hispanic communities and lawmakers from both parties, with Republicans working to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3205483\/republicans-distance-themselves-comedians-puerto-rico-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">distance themselves<\/a> from Hinchcliffe&rsquo;s remarks. Trump echoed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-canvassers-rescind-their-votes-to-certify-wayne-county-michigan-results\/\" title=\"Republican Canvassers Rescind Their Votes to Certify Wayne County, Michigan, Results\">comments made<\/a> by GOP allies and Hannity that Hinchcliffe has &ldquo;nothing to do with the party&rdquo; and said he &ldquo;can&rsquo;t imagine it&rsquo;s a big deal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know if it&rsquo;s a big deal or not, but I don&rsquo;t want anybody making nasty jokes or stupid jokes,&rdquo; the former president said.<\/p>\n<p>However, comments made by President Joe Biden regarding Trump&rsquo;s Madison Square Garden rally set off a firestorm and angered Trump&rsquo;s supporters. <\/p>\n<p>Biden blasted Hinchcliffe&rsquo;s Puerto Rico joke, arguing that the &ldquo;only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.&rdquo;&nbsp; White House spokesman Andrew Bates immediately started clean-up duty, saying in a&nbsp;statement&nbsp;that the president referred to the &ldquo;hateful rhetoric at the Madison Square Garden rally as garbage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bates&rsquo;s statement included a transcript that added an apostrophe to Biden&rsquo;s comment to adjust the meaning to be singular in reference to the comedian.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter&rsquo;s &mdash; his &mdash; his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it&rsquo;s un-American,&rdquo; reads the White House transcript.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden also attempted to clean up his statement in a post on X, however, the president&rsquo;s comments may damage Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s last-ditch efforts to appeal to GOP and independent voters who are unsure about who to cast a ballot for in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1867935\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1867935\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says it&#8217;s &#8220;nobody&#8217;s fault&#8221; 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