Trump Thinks His Madison Square Garden Hate-Fest Went Great

It’s drawn comparisons to a Nazi rally and managed to insult thousands and thousands of Americans, however Donald Trump believes Sunday evening’s rally/hate-fest at Madison Sq. Backyard couldn’t have gone higher.

Whereas talking to religion leaders in Georgia on Monday, Trump brought up the Midtown Manhattan occasion: “Final evening we had an ideal rally at Madison Sq. Backyard.” Later, at a marketing campaign look in Atlanta, he declared, “We’ve had the best rallies within the historical past of the world, not simply of this nation. There’s by no means been—I imply, we stuffed up Madison Sq. Backyard final evening. We may have stuffed it up 10 instances.” At neither level did the GOP nominee point out that the featured audio system gave remarks that concerned:

• Calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of rubbish”
• Saying, “These Latinos, they love making infants…There’s no pulling out. They don’t do this. They arrive inside. Identical to they did to our nation.”
• “Joking” about Jews being low-cost
• “Joking” a couple of Black particular person carving a watermelon for Halloween
• Calling Hillary Clinton a “sick son of a bitch”
• Declaring, “America is for People and People solely”
• Saying Kamala Harris has “pimp handlers”
• Usually offensive feedback about Palestinians
• Usually offensive feedback about transgender individuals

Nor has Trump commented on the truth that his “nice rally” led a number of Republican lawmakers to speak out against the occasion.

In the meantime, it seems that, in some way, Sunday evening’s proceedings may have been much more offensive, based on a report from The Bulwark’s Marc Caputo:

Donald Trump’s marketing campaign was left scrambling Sunday evening after roast-comic Tony Hinchcliffe made insulting jokes about Hispanic and Black individuals onstage on the ex-president’s Madison Sq. Backyard rally. The strains sparked rapid backlash and even condemnation from fellow Republicans. However 4 high marketing campaign sources stated it may have been even worse.

“He had a joke calling [Vice President Kamala] Harris a ‘cunt,’” a marketing campaign insider concerned within the discussions in regards to the occasion advised The Bulwark. “Let’s say it was a crimson flag.” Hinchcliffe’s remarks—and the following backlash—[have] sparked questions on how such an offensive speech was allowed at such a high-profile rally; whether or not it was deliberate; and why a presidential marketing campaign would elevate a roast-master comedian edgelord within the closing days of a decent race for the White Home.

Per Caputo: “Marketing campaign staffers had requested all audio system to submit drafts of their speeches forward of time—earlier than they had been loaded into the teleprompter—based on the aforementioned sources.” As soon as the objectionable “cunt” joke was flagged, Hinchcliffe was requested to chop it. The identical sources claimed they by no means noticed the opposite deeply offensive remarks as a result of these had been supposedly ad-libbed. (The Bulwark was unable to achieve Hinchcliffe for remark. Self-importance Truthful has contacted a consultant for Hinchcliffe for remark.)

It’s vital to notice that whereas Staff Trump apparently nixed the C-word, and later spoke out in opposition to Hinchcliffe’s “floating island of rubbish” line, no different remarks have been condemned by Trump or the marketing campaign, which suggests they had been advantageous with them. Which, in the event you’ve listened to any of the phrases which have come out of Trump’s mouth during the last eight years, is smart!

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