A JOKE MAY HAVE COST TRUMP PENNSYLVANIA

By Howie Katz

 

 

Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at Donald Trump's campaign rally in Madison Square Garden on October 27, 2024

 

Tony Hinchcliffe is a comedian few Americans ever heard of. But he was the first speaker before a packed house of 20,000 Trump supporters in the Madison Square Garden rally on October 27, 2024. And here is one of his jokes.

“I don’t know if you guys 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.”

That infuriated Puerto Ricans, as it well should have. Harris and Barack Obama, as well as Puerto Rican celebrities Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin, soundly condemned the joke.

But not to worry. The people of Puerto Rico cannot vote in the presidential election. So, that joke can't hurt Trump.

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

While those living on the island cannot vote in our elections, the Puerto Ricans living in the U.S. can. 

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 470,000 Puerto Ricans live in Pennsylvania, a swing state that Trump absolutely has to win.

Let's say that only half of Pennsylvania's Puerto Ricans are eligible to vote. That amounts to more than 200,00 voters. And if half of those eligible voters cast their ballots for Harris, that may be enough to cost Trump this vital swing state.

And there are 132,000 Puerto Ricans in North Carolina and 124,000 in Georgia. In a race that is a toss-up, those Puerto Ricans could cost Trump the swing states of North Carolina and Georgia as well.

Trump should have soundly apologized to the Puerto Ricans. But Trump never apologizes. Instead, he responded to the condemnations by calling his MSG rally a “lovefest”. 

Personally, I saw absolutely nothing funny in Hinchcliffe's joke. And it's not funny either if that joke causes dumbass Harris to become president.