Jon Stewart defends Tony Hinchcliffe’s Trump rally jokes

Published October 29, 2024 12:15pm ET



Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe has gained an ally following controversy from his appearance at former President Donald Trump’s rally. Late-night host Jon Stewart said he personally finds Hinchcliffe “very funny.”

Hinchcliffe was among the guest speakers at Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, during which he jokingly referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.” While several left-wing news personalities, along with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), have condemned Hinchcliffe’s comments as “extremely vile, so-called jokes,” Stewart joked that this was the title of “my comedy album from the ’90s.”

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