前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)周日在麦迪逊广场花园(Madison Square Garden)举行的集会被框定为他竞选白宫的“结案陈词”，也是一种将不同支持者群体聚集在一起的方式。
相反，它包括针对特朗普一直努力吸引的一些选民的分裂性语言和种族主义侮辱。
引起最大反弹的是喜剧演员托尼·欣奇克利夫的评论，他对拉丁美洲人开了露骨的玩笑，并在最近转向特朗普，称其为美国这世界的“垃圾桶”.
“我不知道你们知不知道，现在在海洋中间有一座垃圾浮岛。是的，我想它叫做波多黎各，”他说。
欣奇克利夫在人群中挑出一名黑人支持者，试图开一个万圣节雕刻西瓜的玩笑。他还发表了反巴勒斯坦和反犹太人的言论。
当观众中的特朗普支持者似乎对他试图开玩笑感到不安时，欣奇克利夫很快注意到观众没有反应。他在这个岛外波多黎各人最多的城市里开玩笑。
距离选举日只有大约一周的时间，这次集会是特朗普竞选团队与西班牙裔和黑人选民联系的机会，特朗普竞选团队试图在深蓝的纽约讨好这些选民。
相反，他的竞选团队被迫试图回应特朗普与竞选团队选择在他的高调活动上发言的喜剧演员之间的距离。
“这个笑话并不反映特朗普总统或竞选团队的观点，”特朗普竞选团队的高级顾问丹尼尔·阿尔瓦雷斯在给美国广播公司新闻频道的一份关于“垃圾岛言论”的声明中写道。
特朗普竞选团队全国新闻秘书卡罗林·莱维特周一早上在福克斯新闻频道补充说，欣奇克利夫的笑话“很低级”
副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯的竞选团队立即抨击欣奇克利夫的言论，指出哈里斯将如何努力支持波多黎各——这是哈里斯周末在摇摆州宾夕法尼亚停留时瞄准的一个关键投票集团。
“波多黎各人应该得到更好的，”她在一份声明中说X上的周日视频帖子.
波多黎各政治派别都强烈反对欣奇克利夫的言论。正在竞选该岛州长的共和党人詹尼弗·冈萨雷斯(Jenniffer Gonzalez)称这位喜剧演员的评论“卑鄙、不恰当、令人作呕”波多黎各共和党也谴责欣奇克利夫的言论，该党主席安吉尔·辛特龙写道，这些言论“不幸、无知，完全应该受到谴责”
欣奇克利夫回应了哈里斯的竞选搭档、州长蒂姆·沃尔兹的批评，他抨击哈里斯的“垃圾言论”。
“这些人没有幽默感。欣奇克利夫说:“我真没想到一位副总统候选人会从百忙之中抽出时间来分析一个断章取义的笑话，让它看起来像是种族歧视。”在社交媒体上写道。“我喜欢波多黎各，喜欢在那里度假。我取笑了所有人……看完整套。”
虽然波多黎各因为是美国领土而不在大选中投票选举总统，但波多黎各共和党在4月份举行了初选，作为其总统提名过程的一部分。特朗普赢得了初选，赢得了该地区的代表。
这场争论对于欣奇克利夫来说已经不是第一次了，他有开种族问题玩笑的历史。
2021年，他遭到攻击在用带有嘲讽意味的中国口音称同为喜剧演员的彭当为种族主义者之后。
那是在得克萨斯州奥斯汀的一场大笑喜剧表演期间，当在做了一系列与#StopAsianHate有关的笑话后，刚刚把欣奇克利夫介绍到舞台上。在片场，欣奇克利夫据说还开了种族主义玩笑针对中国人。
这一事件导致欣奇克利夫的几个即将到来的节目被取消，据报道，导致他被被调离他的部门，WME。
麦迪逊广场花园集会上的其他节目前发言人也对哈里斯发表了错误和有害的言论。商人格兰特·卡尔多内告诉人群，哈里斯“和她的皮条客操纵者将摧毁我们的国家;特朗普的朋友大卫·雷姆称她为“魔鬼”和“反基督者”。
前福克斯新闻频道主播塔克·卡尔森也针对哈里斯开了带有种族色彩的玩笑;电台主持人席德·罗森博格用脏话形容无证移民和前国务卿希拉里·克林顿。
前纽约市长鲁迪·朱利安尼也反复发表对巴勒斯坦人的诋毁言论。
特朗普的竞选团队仍然只谴责了一条评论——来自欣奇克利夫的评论——这是特朗普在麦迪逊广场花园竞选集会上发表的一长串性别歧视、种族主义和亵渎性言论中的一条。
在竞选的最后几周，特朗普经常使用粗俗、黑暗和令人震惊的修辞要描绘一个国家被“毁灭”的画面——攻击移民和他对手的情报。
Racist, crude comments at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally overshadow his 'closing argument'
Former President Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday was framed as his "closing argument" in his bid for the White House and as a way to bring a diverse group of supporters together.
Instead, it included divisive language and racist insults aimed at some of the very voters Trump has been working to attract.
Causing the most backlash were comments from comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who made explicit jokes about Latinos and turned to Trump recently calling theUnited Statesthe"garbage can" of the world.
"I don't know if you guys know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. Yeah, I think it's calledPuerto Rico," he said.
Hinchcliffe singled out a Black supporter in the crowd, trying to make a joke about carving watermelons for Halloween. He made anti-Palestinian and anti-Semitic comments as well.
When Trump supporters in the audience seemed uncomfortable with his attempted jokes, Hinchcliffe quickly noted the crowd's lack of response. He made the jokes in the city with the largest Puerto Rican population outside the island.
With just about a week until Election Day, the rally was an opportunity for the Trump campaign to connect with Hispanic and Black Americans, voters the Trump campaign is attempting to court in deep-Blue New York.
His campaign instead was forced to try to respond to distance Trump from the comedian the campaign had chosen to speak at his high-profile event.
"This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign," Trump campaign's senior adviser Danielle Alvarez wrote in a statement to ABC News about the "island of garbage remark."
Trump Campaign National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt added on Fox News on Monday morning that Hinchcliffe's joke was in "poor taste."
Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign immediately slammed Hinchcliffe's comments, pointing to how Harris would work to support Puerto Rico -- a key voting bloc that Harris targeted during a stop in swing state Pennsylvania over the weekend.
"Puerto Ricans deserve better," she said in aSunday video post on X.
The backlash to Hinchcliffe's comments kicked up in Puerto Rico from both sides of the political aisle. Jenniffer Gonzalez, a Republican who is running to be the island's governor, called the comedian's comments "despicable, inappropriate and disgusting." The Republican Party of Puerto Rico also denounced Hinchcliffe's comments, with party chair Angel Cintrón writing that they were "unfortunate, ignorant, and entirely reprehensible."
Hinchcliffe responded to criticism from Harris' running mate, Gov. Tim Walz -- who ripped the comedian for the "island of garbage comments.
"These people have no sense of humor. Wild that a vice presidential candidate would take time out of his 'busy schedule' to analyze a joke taken out of context to make it seem racist," Hinchcliffewrote on social media."I love Puerto Rico and vacation there. I made fun of everyone…watch the whole set."
While Puerto Rico does not vote for president in the general election since it is a U.S. territory, the Republican Party of Puerto Rico held a primary in April as part of its presidential nominating process. That primary was won by Trump, who netted the territory's delegates.
The controversy is not a first for Hinchcliffe, who has a history of making racially charged jokes.
In 2021, hecame under fireafter calling fellow comedian Peng Dang racist names in a mocking Chinese accent.
It was during a Big Laugh Comedy show in Austin, Texas, where Dang had just introduced Hinchcliffe to the stage after doing a series of jokes related to #StopAsianHate. During the set, Hinchcliffereportedly further made racist jokesagainst Chinese people.
The incident led to the cancellation of several of Hinchcliffe's upcoming shows and reportedly caused him to beremoved from his agency, WME.
Other pre-program speakers at the Madison Square Garden rally also made false and harmful remarks about Harris. Businessman Grant Cardone told the crowd that Harris "and her pimp handlers will destroy our country;" Trump's friend David Rem called her "the devil" and "the anti-Christ."
Former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson also made racially charged jokes aimed at Harris; radio host Sid Rosenberg used expletives to describe undocumented immigrants and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani also repeated disparaging rhetoric on Palestinians.
Trump's campaign has still only condemned one comment -- those from Hinchcliffe -- in a long list of sexist, racist and profane remarks that were made during his Madison Square Garden campaign rally.
In the final weeks of his campaign, Trump hasregularly used vulgar, dark and shocking rhetoricto paint a picture of a country being "destroyed" – attacking migrants and his opponent's intelligence.
