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Controversial comedian Tony Hinchcliffe lands Netflix deal after calling Puerto Rico ‘garbage’ at Trump rally
Mar 11, 2025
Tony Hinchcliffe, the comedian and podcaster who caused controversy in October at a Trump rally, has landed a deal with Netflix for three specials.
“There’s a lot going on, like, I don’t know if you know this but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico,” he said at the time.
“I welcome migrants to the United States with open arms and by open arms, I mean like this,” he said, with hand gestures signaling “no.”
He added: “It’s wild and these Latinos love making babies too, just know that — they don’t do that. They come inside, just like they did to our country. Republicans are the party with a good sense of humor.”
Democrats, Republicans, the Trump campaign, and various Puerto Rican celebrities blasted the podcaster shortly after.
“As a Puerto Rican, I am tempted to call Hinchcliffe racist garbage, but doing so would be an insult to garbage. When casting their ballots at the voting booth, Latinos should never forget the racism that Donald Trump seems all too willing to platform,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY)said.
“Puerto Rico isn’t garbage, it’s home to fellow American citizens who have made tremendous contributions to our country,” Marco Rubio said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
“I understand why some people were offended by a comedians [sic] jokes last night. But those weren’t Trump’s words,” the Cuban American senator continued. “They were jokes by an insult comic who offends virtually everyone, all the time….. because that is what insult comedians do.”
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