It’s a moment that now seems destined to fade quietly from history, but 10 days before the presidential election on a brightly lit stage at Madison Square Garden, anyone watching or reading the news may have thought the race was over.
During his speech-slash-stand-up routine on Oct. 27 at Donald Trump’s rally at MSG, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” There were plenty of shocking statements made during that event, but the racist “garbage” comment took off and generated the kinds of headlines that would make readers think the election had shifted, and that Trump had essentially vaporized any shot he had with Latino voters.
Tuesday night’s election results revealed something else entirely.
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