On Sunday, the Trump campaign held a rally in New York City’s Madison Square Garden, where speakers doubled down on the xenophobic and violent rhetoric that has come to define the closing weeks of this election cycle.
Comedian (I mean I guess) Tony Hinchcliffe opened for Trump with a set that took aim at, among others, Puerto Ricans, a bold move when Republicans up and down the ballot are banking on a rightward shift in the Hispanic vote.
He was hardly alone in making vile and disturbing remarks.
But it was Tony’s jokes about Puerto Rico that generated the most outrage – and a rare walk back by the Trump campaign.
That very morning, by all accounts coincidentally, Kamala Harris rolled out her Puerto Rico policy in Philadelphia, equipping her campaign and its surrogates with ammunition to respond forcefully.
Whether or not any of this will change any votes remains to be seen, and it seems likely this won’t be the last big news event before November 5. But in 2016 Hillary Clinton was felled by a bad late October news cycle, and with a few key exceptions, the media is giving Trump a bad press cycle for the very voters he’s trying to win over.
Continued in Part 2.
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