Jon Stewart Delivers Surprising Take On Trump's Racist Rally Comic
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The "Daily Show" host then focused on the part of the rally that should be getting more attention.
“Daily Show” host Jon Stewart offered up a bit of a defense for Tony Hinchcliffe, the comic in hot water over racist jokes he told at Donald Trump’s rally in New York on Sunday.
Hinchcliffe made cracks about Latinos, Blacks, Jews and Palestinians, and called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” leading to a wave of outrage and forcing the Trump campaign to issue a rare disavowal.
“Now obviously, in retrospect, having a roast comedian come to a political rally a week before Election Day and roasting a key voting demographic, probably not the best decision by the campaign politically,” Stewart said. “But, to be fair, the guy’s really just doing what he does.”
Stewart played clips of Hinchcliffe at the Tom Brady roast telling similarly off-color jokes.
“Yes, yes, of course, terrible, boo, yes,” Stewart said,
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The "Daily Show" host then focused on the part of the rally that should be getting more attention.
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The chair of Puerto Rico’s Republican Party also said he would not support the former president without an apology over a comedian's insults at a Trump rally.
The vice presidential candidate said he hadn’t heard a comedian's offensive remark about Puerto Rico, which has rocked the Trump campaign.
"Trump threw paper towels and called Puerto Rico 'dirty' and 'poor,'" the singer griped amid uproar over racist jokes at a Trump rally. "But I was not surprised."
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