Yahoo Lifestyle AOC Scorched The Comedian At Trump's "Hate Rally," And People Are Like, "Stop! Stop! He's Already Dead!"
In case you missed it, Donald Trump held a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden yesterday that featured some horribly racist moments. Several of them came from the "jokes" told by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, like this one, in which he referred to Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage":
Trump rally speaker: “There’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico” pic.twitter.com/pbw88p5PhI
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 27, 2024
After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Tim Walz reacted to the clip, Hinchcliffe responded on X, accusing them of having "no sense of humor." That's when AOC decided to release a salvo.
You’re opening for Trump by calling Puerto Rico a floating pile of garbage. 4,000+ Puerto Ricans died under him.This isn’t the comedy store. You’re using your set to boost neo-Nazis like MTG & stripping women’s rights to the Stone Age. Your “sense of humor” doesn’t change that. https://t.co/kr82avvMO0
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 27, 2024
AOC — whose mother was born in Puerto Rico — made sure Hinchcliffe didn't get away with shrugging off the racist jokes in his routine:
And before people try to act like this is some PC overly sensitive nonsense, I’ve been to Kill Tony shows. I’m from the Bronx. I don’t give a shit about crude humor.But don’t pretend that your support for Trump is a joke. Own it. You doing a set to support him. That’s a choice.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 27, 2024
When Hinchcliffe made a (tired, overdone) reference to Tim Walz and tampons, AOC had this to say:
Can’t get over this dude telling someone else to change tampons when he’s the one shitting bricks in his Depends after realizing opening for a Trump rally and feeding red-meat racism alongside a throng of other bigots to a frothing crowd does, unironically, make you one of them. https://t.co/kr82avveYs
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 28, 2024
And when Hinchcliffe tried to justify his remarks by saying, "I love Puerto Rico and vacation there" (strong "some of my best friends are Black" vibes), she threw this at him:
You don’t “love Puerto Rico.” You like drinking piña coladas. There’s a difference
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 28, 2024
Later, AOC appeared on MSNBC to speak further on the rally. "This was a hate rally," she said of the event.
"This was a hate rally. This was not just a presidential rally, this was not just a campaign rally. I think it's important for people to understand these are mini January 6 rallies, these are mini Stop the Steal rallies." -@aoc @repaoc on Trump's New York City rally pic.twitter.com/c57RXnVo3d
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) October 28, 2024
And she made sure to point out that the Trump campaign — which tried to distance itself from Hinchcliffe's material after the fact — invited Hinchcliffe to speak and almost definitely knew what they were going to get. "This is not a comedian. This is the Trump campaign. They invited this rhetoric on their stage for a reason," she said.
Rep. @AOC: Right now the Trump campaign is scrambling. They're trying to blame this rhetoric about Puerto Rico on a so-called comedian. This is not a comedian. This is the Trump campaign. They invited this rhetoric on their stage for a reason. It was a chorus of speakers on that… pic.twitter.com/Otxp2j9Yre
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 28, 2024
People have been applauding AOC's direct, no-nonsense response:
Others pointed out that the people at the rally who put up with this ugly behavior are complicit:
Not to mention just how out-of-touch Hinchcliffe's response was:
And they've been roasting Hinchcliffe themselves, of course:
Meanwhile, Bad Bunny and other Latine celebs have shown support for Kamala Harris in the aftermath of the rally.
