Marco Rubio responds to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s Puerto Rico joke during Trump’s MSG rally: ‘What insult comedians do’

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) responded to nan controversial reproach joke astir Puerto Rico made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe astatine Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally.

“Puerto Rico isn’t garbage, it’s location to chap American citizens who person made tremendous contributions to our country,” Rubio began a station connected X.

Sen. Marco Rubio took umbrage pinch jokes astir Puerto Ricans by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe. REUTERS

Tony Hinchcliffe speaks earlier Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump during a run rally astatine Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, successful New York. AP

“I understand why immoderate group were offended by a comedians [sic] jokes past night. But those weren’t Trump’s words. They were jokes by an reproach comic who offends virtually everyone, each nan time….. because that is what reproach comedians do.”

He went on: “What isn’t a joke is really Kamala Harris destroyed our system and allowed vulnerable criminals to illegally participate our state and terrorize, rape and execution Americans.

“And what isn’t a joke and genuinely outrageous is really ‘journalists’ are helping Kamala Harris’s [sic] pinch her vulnerable run of dislike by calling Trump nan caller Hitler and really MSNBC utilized aged footage of Nazi rallies TO SMEAR TRUMP SUPPORTERS AS NAZIS!”