this is Tony Hinchcliffe a comedian and
host of the very popular comedy showcase
kill Tony recently at a Donald Trump
rally at Madison Square Garden Tony
Hinchcliffe told a joke there's a lot
going on like 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
called Puerto
Rico okay all right okay and of course
many in media jumped on this joke in an
effort to attack Donald Trump by proxy
however Tony hinchcliffe's joke was
based in a hard truth as Puerto Rico has
had a long-standing issue with Waste
Disposal trash crisis leaves Puerto Rico
near the brink most of Puerto Rico's
landfills fail to meet Federal standards
and are almost full residents and
experts worry that trash will soon
overwhelm the region and Island littered
with trash how hurricane Maria
highlighted Puerto Rico's poor Waste
Management disaster debris is pushing
Puerto Rico's landfills to the brink
here's what's where that joke comes from
Tony is actually obsessed with the
Pacific Garbage Patch and um and like
the fact that we just throw like we were
talking about like recycling like
recycling doesn't work they don't do it
so there's a landfill in Puerto Rico
that's way overflowed Puerto Rico has a
legitimate trash problem their landfills
are way over capacity so that's where
the joke came from right like the joke
came from like Tony being
environmentally
conscious but instead of putting the
joke in its proper context the media
chose to blow things out of proportion
with absolute impunity there is fresh
backlash against Trump's rally in New
York City on Sunday the rally featured a
comedian who repeatedly insulted Puerto
Rico and today is refusing to apologize
Puerto Rico is an American Island let me
let me say that again Puerto Ricans are
American citizens and the island is a US
Territory and there are about a million
Puerto Ricans living in Battleground
states where both candidates are vying
for the Latino vote the righteous
indignation tells you everything you
need to know about media bias against
Donald Trump and former president Donald
Trump and the Fallout tonight the
backlash over racist and sexist comments
and jokes about Latinos and Puerto
Ricans delivered at Trump's major rally
at Madison Square Garden in New York
some of the speakers invited by the
campaign to speak before the former
president who made immediate headlines
including this comedian and what was
said about Latinos and Puerto Ricans
some of it too profane to play on TV oh
how convenient we're not going to play
the clip because it's too profane for
viewers you're just going to have to
blindly trust us on that it's
discouraging that so many people would
gather and rally
to hate to hate speech in America that
it's discouraging and it hurts that
people who have family in Puerto Rico
who are Puerto Rican Americans who are
American citizens are hearing hate like
that it's it's discouraging but it
wasn't about the people it was about the
island it's like making a joke about New
Jersey the Pearl clutching here is just
off the charts so just 2 days later Joe
bid was giving remarks via Zoom to voto
Latino self-described as the nation's
Premier latinx voter registration
organization and that call was a
disaster even by normal Joe Biden
standards and just the other day a
speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico
a floating island of garbage well let me
tell you something I don't I I don't
know the Puerto Rican that that I know
or Puerto Rico where I'm in my home
state of Delaware they're good decent
honorable people the only garbage I see
floating out there is his supporters
well that escalated quickly huh the
backlash on social media was immediate
and the clip was viewed tens of millions
of times just within a couple hours
which forced Joe Biden's staff to go
into damage control mode Point how
senior Deputy press secretary Andrew
Bates posted on X that Joe Biden
referred to the hateful rhetoric at the
Madison Square Garden rally as garbage
and posted a transcript claiming that
Biden didn't say his supporters but said
his supporters with an apostrophe but
the problem is that video exists and
gaslighting isn't going to work this
time so Biden's staff took the next step
and forced Joe Biden to post the
following on X earlier today I referred
to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto
Rico spewed by Trump's supporter at his
m Square Garden rally is garbage which
is the only word I can think of to
describe it his demonization of Latinos
is
unconscionable that's all I meant to say
the comments at that rally don't reflect
who we are as a nation but Tony
henchcliffe didn't demonize Latinos he
made a joke about Puerto Rico's
crumbling Waste Management Democrats
have no sense of humor or decency Joe
Biden is not the Democratic nominee
kamla Harrison is so Ben rhods a former
speech writer for Barack Obama is trying
to downplay Biden's remarks I mean who
cares Biden's not the one running for
president of course by Ben rh's standard
Tony henchcliffe is a comedian who isn't
running for anything so the question is
why is a comedian being held to a higher
standard than the sitting president of
the United States why is the media more
upset about a joke than they are about
the leader of the Free World calling
half the country garbage the answer you
know why it's different when Democrats
do it the media is so biased that they
immediately and desperately tried to
make excuses for Resident Biden The
Washington Post wrote did Biden call
Trump supporters garbage it comes down
to an apostrophe and added Biden's
defense is entirely plausible but at the
same time
I haven't seen a single published
article in the Washington Post that
gives any context to Tony hinchcliffe's
joke you know Puerto Rico's very real
trash problem but just remember folks
democracy dies in darkness or something
so while Joe Biden was speaking to Votto
Latino KLA Harris was holding her
closing argument event at the ellips in
Washington DC unfortunately for kamla
Harris Joe Biden's garbage remark
overshadowed the biggest and most
important speech of kamla's political
career w w President Biden took his
comment last night about
garbage uh listen I think that first of
all he clarified his comments but let me
be clear I strongly disagree with any
criticism of people based on who they
vote for so while the media was
demanding the Trump and the Trump
campaign dis about Tony hinchcliffe's
racist joke the media was oddly quiet
when it came to demanding that kamla
Harris do the same with Joe Biden's
remarks I know you're shocked but KLA
Harris had the perfect opportunity to
differentiate herself from Joe Biden and
could have said I certainly don't agree
with the president's words I will be a
president for all Americans but
instead do you sympathize with any
voters do feel offended by or insulted
by the garbage
comment I am running for president of
the United States I will be traveling to
three states today kamla Harris is a
walking talking non-answer and speaking
of completely unskilled people here's
White House Press Secretary and
self-proclaimed historical figure Karine
jeanpierre why is he using that kind of
rhetoric how is that presidential just
to clarify he was not calling Trump
supporters garbage which is why he put
out this is why he wanted to make sure
that we put out a statement that
clarified what he meant and what he was
trying to say there has not been a
president in all of American History
whose staff has been forced to use the
excuse what he meant to say was more
than Joe Biden says so uh look the
president wanted to clarify because he
understood that what he may have said
was being he understood that what he was
saying was being taken out of context
out of context they really think you're
that Fu stupid and I would say I think
it's really important that you have a
president uh that cares about clarifying
what they said uh and that's what you
see from this President he took it upon
himself to clarify what he said and I
think that that says a lot about who Joe
Biden is that he wanted to make sure it
was clear actually wouldn't it be better
if we had a president who didn't have to
clarify everything says just saying and
the vice president did say today she
strongly disagrees with anybody who
offers criticism of people based on who
they vote for and why they vote for them
does the president view that differently
yes he feels the same way he feels the
same way as what she stated but that's
something that the president has been
saying for some time Oh you mean the
same Joe Biden who said that make
America great again was quote an extreme
philosophy that was quote semi fascism
what do you mean by semi fascism in
December you will you know what I mean
and remember that this was the man who
just two years ago gave a prime time
address in front of a blood red
background complete with two members of
the military behind them and called half
the country extremists who were a clear
and present danger to our democracy
Donald Trump and the magga Republicans
represent an extremism that threatens
the very Foundation
of our Republic Trump and the extreme
maggot Republicans a clear and present
danger to our democracy we must be
stronger more determined and more
committed to saving American democracy
than Maggie Republicans are to
destroying American democracy and
remember how he once reacted to a
protester we remain in the battle for
the soul
America by the
way all all right God love you let him
go we have to be stronger and more
determined and more committed to saving
American democracy then the magot
Republicans and that guy all door are
destroying
democracy so I'm going to guess that
when he called Trump supporters garbage
that he meant every word of it and
Donald Trump took full advantage of the
whole garbage Fiasco by appearing on the
campaign Trail wearing an orange safety
vest and then climbing into a trump
branded garbage truck to address
reporters how do you like my garbage
truck this truck is in honor of comma
and Joe Biden and then hours later at a
rally in Green Bay Wisconsin Trump took
to the stage wearing the safety vest
crooked Joe Biden finally said what he
and kamla really think of our supporters
he called them garbage no way no
way my response to Joe and KLA is very
simple you can't lead America if you
don't love Americans that's
true guys we are so back anyway that's
it for now thanks for watching a special
thanks to poofy for her help with the
script and I hope to see you next time
if there is next time