Kill Tony
The comic who caught hell for his “rubbish” joke about Puerto Rico has launched his post-speech response, recorded the evening after his look at Madison Sq. Backyard.
In an episode of “Kill Tony,” the podcast and present hosted by Tony Hinchcliffe, he is onstage performing … and he goes right into a bit about his freshly controversial set from the evening earlier than.
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You will recall … at a Donald Trump rally at Madison Sq. Backyard in NYC on October 27, Hinchcliffe was warming up the gang — considered one of his jokes was, “I do not know if you already know this, however there’s actually a floating island of rubbish in the course of the ocean proper now. I feel it is known as Puerto Rico.”
That provoked outrage on-line and in actual life, with many politicians and media figures — and even Trump’s personal marketing campaign — to name out the joke, and Tony, for poor style. There was additionally concern his affiliation with Trump was doubtlessly damaging to Hispanic voters, a demographic Trump was making an attempt to court docket.
Within the set recorded the evening afterward, he leaned into the controversy.
“I am presently underneath assault,” Tony mentioned in Austin, Texas. “I simply need to say, I like Puerto Ricans — they’re very good folks — they’re good, they’re road good, they’re good sufficient to know once they’re getting used as political fodder.”
Tony completed with “I apologize to utterly no person,” doubling down on his stance — “To not the Puerto Ricans, to not the Whites, to not the Blacks, to not the Palestinians, to not the Jews, and to not my very own mom, who I made enjoyable of throughout the set.”
Hinchcliffe did appear to acknowledge his misstep from the evening earlier than, nevertheless.
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“Maybe that venue at the moment wasn’t one of the best f***in’ place to do that set at,” he mentioned.
Very on model for Tony’s type of humor — but it surely simply would possibly get him some extra warmup units for Trump, possibly even on the White Home.
