An insult comic planned to call Kamala a "C–t" at Trump rally in Madison Square Garden: Report – LatinTimes

As the Trump campaign faces backlash over a comedian at a recent rally who called Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash,” a source close to the campaign says the jokes could have been much worse, according to a report.

“He called as a joke [Vice President Kamala] Harris is a “s***,” said a campaign insider involved in discussions about the event The boulevard. “Let’s just say it was a red flag.”

All speakers were required to submit drafts of what they planned to say at Sunday’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York to campaign staff, four campaign sources told The Bulwark.

Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s original plan to call Harris a “c***” was asked to be removed from the script. The sources said comments about Puerto Rico and a racist joke about black people carving watermelons for Halloween were not in the script but were advertised at the event.

Americans from across the political spectrum took to social media after the rally to condemn Hinchcliffe’s comments, including the Trump campaign.

“This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign,” Daniel Alvarez, a senior adviser to Trump, told The Bulwark.

Top Puerto Rican Republicans have announced that they are now refusing their support of Trump as a presidential candidate until a formal apology is issued for the comments.

Hinchcliffe responded to the backlash with a post to X. “These people have no sense of humor. Strange that a VP candidate would take time out of his “busy schedule” to analyze a joke taken out of context to make it seem racist. I love Puerto Rico and vacationing there. I was making fun of everyone… watch the whole set.”