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‘Who Booked This F-cking Jerk?’: Trump Allies Pressed Campaign to Denounce Rally Comedian
By Curt_Anderson
October 28, 2024 1:04 pm
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Who guessed that the October Surprise would be the Trump campaign shooting itself in the foot?

(Rolling Stone)Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York was planned as a national moment for the former president’s closing campaign message and — much to the displeasure of some Republicans — it did exactly that. Trump and his ilk have not been particularly quiet about their views on immigrants. This campaign cycle has seen him refer to migrants as “poisoning the blood of our country,” invent a mythical “migrant crime wave” to demonize undocumented immigrants, and promise “bloody” mass deportations.

If the racism is loud at most Trump events, it was screamed into the national microphone on Sunday — and no one was louder than “comedian” Tony Hinchcliffe. Hinchcliffe took it upon himself to upstage the former president, describing Latinos as mindless breeders and referring to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”

In an election where Republicans hope to win over Latino voters in critical states, an arena of 19,500 people laughing alongside Hinchcliffe’s demonstration of the overt racism that now defines the GOP’s politics was, to put it mildly, a disastrous look. 😁

As Kamala Harris aides watched livestreams of the event with delight, Trump’s Manhattan rally — particularly the “jokes” — were met with a decidedly different reception among much of the Republican elite, who are largely expecting the 2024 presidential race to come down to the slimmest of margins and feel that every little misstep and unforced error could count for something.

“Who booked this fucking jerk?” a close Trump ally asked Rolling Stone, rhetorically, on Sunday. “Never heard of him.” According to two other sources familiar with the matter, just as the Trump-aligned comedian’s comments began going viral, Latino Republicans and other Trump associates frantically messaged and called aides and longtime advisers to the former president while the rally was ongoing, insisting that the campaign immediately address the right-wing comic’s remarks on Latinos and the American territory of Puerto Rico.

Some suggested Trump or his campaign should firmly denounce their own warmup act’s set in a statement. “It’s fine, not like Donald Trump needs Latinos to vote for him or anything,” one of the sources, a well-connected GOP and Trump donor, noted sarcastically. 😁

Later on Sunday, the intra-party freakout seems to have led to the Trump campaign issuing a statement, even if it wasn’t an emphatic condemnation. “This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign,” Trump senior adviser Danielle Alvarez told NBC News in a perfunctory statement.

Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott, who is running for reelection against Democratic challenger Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, condemned Hinchcliffe’s set. 😁 “This joke bombed for a reason. It’s not funny and it’s not true. Puerto Ricans are amazing people and amazing Americans! I’ve been to the island many times. It’s a beautiful place. Everyone should visit! I will always do whatever I can to help any Puerto Rican in Florida or on the island,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) wrote on X that she was “disgusted” by Hinchcliffe’s comments, claiming that his “rhetoric does not reflect GOP values.” 😁

In a post on Threads, Meghan McCain, the daughter of former Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), wrote that she felt that “this rally could backfire. How is this winning over moderates and independents exactly? This is MAGA on steroids.” 😁 [This is funny because HtS thinks it appealed to moderates and independents.]

Like all comedians who believe racism and vitriol are an acceptable substitute for actual humor, Hinchcliffe claimed that he had been taken out of context — and that the real problem was the humorless puritans who criticized him.


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Comments on "‘Who Booked This F-cking Jerk?’: Trump Allies Pressed Campaign to Denounce Rally Comedian":

  1. by HatetheSwamp on October 28, 2024 1:10 pm

    rollingstone.com

    Baha.

    You just can't help yourself, ain't!


  2. by Curt_Anderson on October 28, 2024 1:21 pm
    HtS,
    Your old fallback position: blame the messenger. Those comments by upset Republicans are quoted elsewhere. Do you really doubt that Republicans are scrambling to disavow the racism on display at the rally? Read on, there's more...
    rollcall.com


  3. by HatetheSwamp on October 28, 2024 3:24 pm

    "Do you really doubt that Republicans are scrambling to disavow the racism on display at the rally? Read on, there's more..."

    Actually, Curt, I do doubt it. Monitoring right-wing media as I do, from what I see, they consider the rally to have been an amazing success. The Hinchcliffe thing is a minor annoyance.

    What I'm hearing is that the rally may just have been Trump's killshot, that the Dems and the SwampMedia know that and are doing anything they can to disrupt the momentum Trump will take away from the night.


  4. by Curt_Anderson on October 28, 2024 3:31 pm
    Do tell. Cite the Republicans who think the rally was an amazing success.


  5. by HatetheSwamp on October 28, 2024 4:16 pm

    Turn on Fox. Five minutes, any five. Done. But, you're our Fox expert. You know that already.

    And, that gay Guy you never heard of?,... who ain't MAGA by a looooooooong shot?, thinks the press coverage is "outrageous."

    They think that McDonald's, Rogan and the rally all were amazing successes. Trump's rolling!


  6. by Curt_Anderson on October 28, 2024 4:48 pm
    No surprise there, HtS. You couldn't cite one Republican who thinks that the rally was an amazing success. Complaining about the press coverage isn't the same thing.

    I did check the FOX News website. One apologist said she wasn't close enough to hear the comedian, but allowed he was inappropriate. She said the media didn't cover the patriotic and uplifting moments of the rally. She said there were chants of "USA, USA, USA" and some inoffensive speech-making.

    To that I say "so what"? The attendees sang patriotic songs and they had a 25 foot tall mural of George Washington at the Nazi German-American Bund rally. That 1939 event was still anti-Semitic and racist.


  7. by HatetheSwamp on October 28, 2024 5:23 pm

    You think that the Fox gang ain't Republican? Really?


  8. by Indy! on October 28, 2024 5:40 pm
    In a post on Threads, Meghan McCain, the daughter of former Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), wrote that she felt that “this rally could backfire. How is this winning over moderates and independents exactly? This is MAGA on steroids.” 😁 [This is funny because HtS thinks it appealed to moderates and independents.]


    PB's definitions of everyday words...

    "Moderates" = bigots

    "Independents" = racists


  9. by Curt_Anderson on October 28, 2024 7:23 pm
    HtS,
    Sure, at least some of the FOX personalities are Republicans. My examples of fretting Republicans are actual Republican politicians and candidates. But even given the FOX crowd you couldn't cite ONE of them who said the rally was an "amazing success".

    Trump and the Republicans are on an apology tour. His latest denials remind me of Nixon protesting "I am not crook!"

    "I’m not a Nazi. I’m the opposite of a Nazi", Trump told the rally crowd in Georgia on Monday. When politician has to deny they are a crook or a Nazi, they are losing.

    JD Vance dismissed any concerns. “Maybe it’s a stupid, racist joke, as you said,” he told reporters on Monday. “Maybe it’s not. I haven’t seen it.” But, he added, “we have to stop getting so offended at every little thing in the United States of America.”
    timesofisrael.com
    politico.com
    forbes.com


  10. by HatetheSwamp on October 29, 2024 4:39 am

    Curt,

    Dems, led by Hillary, spent days before the MSG rally likening it to a rally of fascists in the 1930. Trump was responding to that.

    Honestly, monitoring right-wing media as I do, virtually everyone is praising the rally.

    That gay Guy Curt never heard of mentioned, briefly, the outrageous MSM coverage. And Megyn Kelly, whose instincts are flawless, praised Trump's speech...

    ...but said that the rally was too "bro-tastic," by which she meant that it focused too much on male concerns, when Trump should be reaching out to women voters.

    Other than that, Curt, in spite of the gospel your woke SwampMedia preachers are thumping, all's good with the GOPs.

    You really should get out more and look around.

    Oh, and one way to tell how an incident impacted the election short term is to see what's happening in the betting markets.

    On Polymarket, Trump's been floating between 60-40 and 64-36 for about a week. Since the MSG rally, he's been steady at 66-34. So, the rally helped short term.

    You really should consult sources beyond those that fuel the flames of the preferences and prejudices that you bring with you to every moment of your life.


  11. by Ponderer on October 29, 2024 7:23 am

    "Honestly, monitoring right-wing media as I do, virtually everyone is praising the rally." -Hate

    And yet you're entirely incapable of presenting a single headline that supports your contention.

    When you say that you "monitoring" right-wing media as you do, all you are likely actually doing is watching headlines go by you that the algorithms pick for you. So, one would think that you'd be able at least to pick one of them to show us to counter the perception that you're a flaming, bald-faced liar, Bill.


  12. by HatetheSwamp on October 29, 2024 7:40 am

    Headline?

    In the 020s?

    Hey, Boomer! What's an effin headline!!!!?

    What pb knows is that the betting odds have moved toward Trump since the rally.

    And, Trump's lead on RCP is holding. His freaking friggin EFFINlead... lead, I'm tellin ya!

    At this point, Hillary was up 4.6 and "that feckless dementia-ridden piece of crap" was up 7.4!
    realclearpolling.com
    polymarket.com
    realclearpolling.com


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