Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post refers to the United States Republican's Presidential rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York on October 27, 2024.
These selected comments provide a sample of commenters' statements from several online discussion threads about how that rally, and particularly the "jokes" of "comedian" Tony Hinchcliffe will probably help Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris win that election.
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SELECTED COMMENTS
These online sources are given in no particular order.
All of these comments are from October 28, 2024.
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
WARNING - These YouTube videos whose links are provided include problematic content, including profanity in some cases.
SOURCE #1
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRNs_Kwborw "Trump GETS INSTANT KARMA as it ALL GOES WRONG", published by Meidas Touch Network, October 28, 2024
Partial excerpt of this podcast's auto-generated transcript:
[This transcript includes my additions and corrections of capitalizations, spelling, and punctuation as well as my addition in brackets of a small number of words for clarification .]
Time Stamps: 0:00 - 0:31
"By now I'm sure you know about the disastrous Donald Trump Madison Square Garden Nazi rally that he held.
The Meidas Touch Network broke all of those stories, by the way. We were the ones who clipped through [the video of that rally to find pertinent moments that occurred]. Our digital editor Asen [found] the clip of Tony Hinchcliffe, one of the speakers, referring to Puerto Rico as "a garbage can of the world" and making other horrific and racist comments that Donald Trump and others embraced at this hate rally.“…
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Selected comments from this podcast's discussion thread:
October 28, 2024
1. @redlaw8760
"Thank you Tony! You’ve done so much to restore democracy in
the country. Because of your racism, ignorant and unfunny nonsense, thousands
of people that would not have otherwise voted for Harris, or vote at all, will
ABSOLUTELY vote for her. Thank you again!"
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2. @melodytenisch6232
"Thank you Ben. Insulting 6 million Americans who have Puerto
Rican descent is not what I'd call a smart move! mtnben❤"
-snip-
"Ben" refers to "Ben Meisales", the lead founder and led podcaster on The Meidas Touch Network.
3.
"What an October surprise and KARMA"
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4.
"Karma hitting Trump remains to be seen."
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5. @katherinemcintosh7247
"Are we thinking this will make any difference?
Hope, sure? Cautiously hope. Keeping hope alive is all we can do after voting. I already voted, so, π€"
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6. @JamesCalabrese930
"trump really blew it last night-Go Harris"
7.
"Until I saw this RACIST FIASCO at Madison Square Garden, I
was going to vote for Trump, and so were 14 of my family members. Not anymore.
This is America. I spent 21 years in the Marine Corps, and all of these GOP
members are lunatics. I, we will all vote blue. Freedom, democracy and Country
before party although the GOP has become a MAGA cult."
8.
"That cheap 'laugh' will prove to be EXTREMELY costly."
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9. @CarlosSanchez-et8qm
"Thank You for your help comediant Anthony this helps both,
decided and undecided Puerto Ricans and latinos be clear minded. Bye bye Trump.
P.D. Will Trump pay You? Or do the same he did with Pence"
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10. @blitzroehre1807
"Apparrently Barron Trump convinced Conald to have
Hinchcliffe hold his speech there. That would make Conald the father of 3 dumb
sons..."
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11. @AkweliParker
"What if Barron hates his dad and suggested Hinchcliffe as
the ultimate way to sabotage his campaign? I mean, this guy was a catastrophe π€¨"
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12. @Cdavis9306
"I wanna thank that mediocre comedian that insulted Puerto
Rico. Those insults against Puerto Rico
helped kamala Harris!"
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13. @shhhhh.242
"This is what they fail to understand. Also how did the
Puerto Ricans felt inside the crowd because you know they had to be many in
attendance"
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14. @JayneTheory
"At this point, it's pretty clear that his own campaign is
sabotaging him."
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15. @Pinkleo58
"This rally solidifies Kamala Harris and Tim Walz a place in the history of our
country. God Bless the United States of
America!"
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16. @Jameel2615
"Hello Ben, I wanted to let you , and the MediasTouch fam
know that I’m currently in Philadelphia. Born and raised. I am 30 years old,
and grew up in North Philadelphia. It’s heavily Puerto Rican. I lived around
them my whole life, and I find them to be some of the most hospitable friendly
people I’ve ever met. I have NEVER seen them so angry. Literally I ran across a
bunch this morning on my way to work, and all were adamant they’re voting for
Kamala, and they think Trump is a racist."
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17. @maryrobie4752
"I hope this put the final nail in Trump's election
coffin. This was absolutely disgusting
and disgraceful!
LOCK.HIM.UP! NO MORE TRAITOR TRUMP!!"
18.
"Trump thought he could nuke a hurricane.He nuked himself
instead"
19.
"The comedian is helping Kamala win
π"
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20. @dorisdixon6108
"Only in that regard. We must be grateful he is putting his
racism on display prior to the election so the undecided can make the
intelligent choice to vote blue π for Harris/Walz"
21.
"He's going to pay for what people said about Puerto
Rico@amyirish855"
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"He" = Donald Trump
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22.
"Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin have both endorsed Kamala
publicly. They have combined, 50 million Latina and Puerto Rican followers.
Let’s hope it helps the undecided voters vote Blue.ππππππ"
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SOURCE #2
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaGsOkkPsdE "Trump's ABOMINABLE Fascist Rally at Madison Sq Garden Makes Final Case for Harris | #ResistanceLive", published by #Resistance Live, October, 28, 2024
Partial excerpt of this podcast's auto-generated transcript:
[This excerpt includes my additions and/or corrections of capitalizations, spelling and punctuation as well as my addition in brackets of a small number of words for clarification.]
Time Stamps: 4:01 -7:52; 8:51 - 9:26
..."All right, um, but I do want to really make it plain that the backlash against this event has been instantaneous and extreme and is likely to have a dramatic impact on the election. So let's just go
through a couple of the things that have happened since last night. A and I I don't I want to do my best here to not repeat the insanely racist and xenophobic things that were said last night.
Um, I do want to point out that one of of the speakers at the event made some -I don't even know I don't think I have the adjectives to describe it -just absolutely disgusting comments about Puerto Rico and Latino people. Um and the...it could change the voting blocks in this election on which Trump was trying to rely.
One of the things that we have discussed here on the broadcast and that [Trump has been] playing to a Latino male base in the hopes of drumming up conservative Latino votes in favor of his election. Um, and I know for many of us there have been [statements about] who's who's a an appropriate immigrant to the United States and who isn't and whether or not a human being's value depends on how they came to the United States.
[....]
Within an hour of of those comments at this rally, um, Geraldo, no less Geraldo Rivera, right, who I will point out endorsed Kamala Harris two weeks ago, but nonetheless is a longtime Fox News commentator, obviously Latino American himself [posted a response online]. I was actually shocked by the language that he used in in attacking and responding, justifiably so of course, to the remarks at this particular rally. Essentially, um, he -I mean- he dropped a straight F-bomb on Twitter about it and encouraged Latino men to, um, act from a place of self-respect and refuse to vote for Trump. Um, that ,in and of itself, is was an extraordinary statement from a noted conservative Latino figure.
All right, then on top of it, we had celebrities like Bad Bunny[who has] 45 something million followers on Instagram posting in favor of Kamala Harris and against Donald Trump. Literally, I think it was within like 25 minutes of the statements that happened at Madison Square Garden [that] J. Lo, Ricky Martin, [two] very prominent Latino celebrities, coming out and just slamming what happened last night.
And I have to say that, you know, to me the impact that that [this] is likely to have on on people who, uh, who maybe were not invested or who maybe were thinking of leaning Trump inside that demographic- I think that story has largely- [I] can't ever say 100%, but largely come to an end as a result of what happened last night on top of that.
We [also] had some incredibly vitriolic disgusting anti-black racist tropes given voice too last night at this rally. And, again, I have to point out that there's been a long discussion inside the various demographics and voting blocks and commentators over the last couple of weeks about why there appeared to be a slight swing from bl.. by black men to Trump.
[...]
Whatever it was that folks were concerned about with regard to Black men in very small percentages migrating in favor of trump I think that story is also coming to an end.
Um, we saw just again insane anti-Semitism last night, absolutely malignant xenophobia. Um and you know, of course, targeting, as always, of LGBTQ+ Americans.
Again, I just, I have to say that I think this entire event is going to backfire dramatically on the very
limited marginalized communities that Trump was trying to drum up court within. I I think that story is over"...
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Selected comments from this podcast's discussion thread:
October 28, 2024
1. artmusicfoodlifelive1685
"bad bunny endorsement is equivalent to Taylor swift in
Latino music...bad bunny dominate global music in 2020,21,22 only Taylor swift stream more than him in
2023...he dominate Taylor swift in 2020,21,22...so he have power...right now in
Puerto Rico he endorse a political party
that before his endorse Harly get 5% of pr popular vote...since his
endorsement that party have 29% of popular vote in last poll....that is
crazy...dude can move people. bad bunny fans are loyal like Taylor fans...this
big for kamala"
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2. heyma310
"Well, I want to say thank you to the speakers last night for
opening their big mouths and saying the quiet part out loud on a big stage
where everyone could hear you. There is no doubt what they plan to do and no
mistake. On another note, there are
still concerns that some states will refuse to certify the election. That
suggests that Harris/Walz will win those states because why else refuse to
certify. I'm not an expert but doesn't that mean that on Jan 6, those states
will have no electors? I guess some of the remaining magas in congress can
challenge the certifications but they won't be able to change the results. I
think the bigger danger will be the obvious (and not so obvious) tampering with
voter registrations and ballots. We know that state governments are on high
alert and are stopping these efforts. They may try to suggest that fraud is
rampant but evidence shows that they are committing the fraud. It's not long
now. Keep breathing. Keep focused. Lead with your heart and allow yourself to
feel in advance the joy that will follow electing Madam President."
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3. @LuisTorres-qz5kr
"I am a 66 yr old Puertorican (now living in the US) and I
must say it has been a hard day for me after watching the initial videos of
this rally. I love my island and I love the US. Though not a state, we are US
citizens from birth. My father served as part of the 65th Infantry Div during
the Korean war, my oldest brother served with the Air Force 3 tours during
Vietnam, 2 other brothers retired from the Army (including 1 in Special
Forces). About 236,000 Puerto Ricans registered for the draft for World War I,
and many have given their lives for this country through all these wars. On the other hand, Trump's grandfather dodged
the military service in Germany and fled to the US as an emigrant. Trump's
father Fred was a racist that discriminated against many blacks and
Puertoricans in NY. Then
("bone-spurs") Trump dodged the military service in the US. That so
called "comedian" along with Trump are 2 pieces HIT. The Trump family has not done anything for
this country, and he has been feeding BULLSH-T* to all the republicans. Though
we grew up poor, yet, I put my family up against the Trump's anytime when it
comes to honor and decency, along with caring for others. I am still fuming
over these racist, fascists ....POS."
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
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SOURCE #3
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sw227bIK_Y "Comedian's remarks about Puerto Rico during Trump rally at
Madison Square Garden spark backlash", published by Eyewitness News ABC7NY, Oct 27, 2024 #trump
#msg #puertorico
Joe Torres has the details on the comments that sparked
backlash.
Read More: https://abc7ny.com/post/madison-squar.
Selected comments from this video's discussion thread:
Oct 28, 2024
"didnt come from trump's mouth. not changing my vote"
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2. @markayalewis
"But it does reflect on trump"
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3. @bigpunisher4483
"I seriously was going to vote for Trump but after this
forget it!"
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4. @baevan-ni3fw
"Wow he don't know that the Latino community is not going to
go for this!"
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5. @romalynnmarie2147
"For those who don’t know and are oblivious to how things
work. Puerto Rico is a PART of the U.S. unlike Mexicans, Canadians and a bunch
of others they DONT need papers, they DONT need visas or green cards, THEY HAVE
A RIGHT TO VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT(if living in the u.s) . they have EVERY RIGHT
that an American has. This lost trump around 35%-40% of voters. To those who
think that they don’t need the Puerto Ricans Vite for the win let me tell you
YOU GOT IT ALL WRONG.
The comments I have seen just let’s me know how many people
SHOULD NOT VOTE. Speaking without knowing how The U.S and Puerto Rico are
basically one is stupid. They share the same money, same president, same
language, and same laws."
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6. @dennisvera2802
"THAT STATEMATE WAS
HEARD IN FLORIDA THAT COULD SHIFT THE
BALANCE."
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7. @carolinatxan
"Did the democrats hire that guy"
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8. @donscott6431
"This guy HAD to be a HARRIS plant. So what else is new…"
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9. @MB-wz1fv
"Every single Puerto Rican should be outraged , and then they
should go vote for Kamala Harris."
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10.@karenfrizzell-wn7ve
"What a distasteful and ignorant rally"
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11. @brockdietrich1152
"Idiot it was a joke"
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12. @RT-ig5cs
"@brockdietrich1152 a
joke right? I'm glad that joke came out because it will backfire!!π
"
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13. @independent4life767
"And yet Trump has called America a garbage can! Vote Blue
for ALL our BROTHERS AND SISTERS across the nation!!"
14.
"Hate rally. So sad for USA"
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15. @davebonar1
"So he said something not right , that makes it a hate rally
and people aren't going to vote because of this ? You are really dumb."
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16. @bsting601
"@davebonar1 You obviously miss the whole rally then !"
17.
"Boy, when Dump sticks his foot in it, he really sticks his
foot in it.
Thank you Dump for working so hard to get VP Harris elected!
ππππππππππ"
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18.@loulou-g3u
"This guy is a loser, and what he said wasn't even funny. But
to single this out as the only outrageous thing that was said at this 5 hour
moron-fest is completely off-base. It was speaker after speaker saying
deranged, unhinged nonsenese. Completely embarrassing"
19.
"This is terrible, but let these clearly heartless and racist
morons continue to self destruct their campaign of hate."
20.
"Sure, Trump. If the joke doesn't reflect your views, why'd
you let the person speak? Your mask has been slipping, and what's underneath is
ugly.
Vote blue for America!!
ππ"
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21. @RobwrtoLopez-i4h
"What he doesnt know is that we
PUERTORICANS vote and we will not vote for TRUMP ever"
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22. @darkside7802
"Cry harder."
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23. @math4life95
"@darkside7802 Bro, I'm with you. I want more of Trump's sycophants to say even more ethnic
and racial jokes. Those jokes can only
help Trump win because all those people mentioned in those jokes totally love
it (they actually want more of it) and will DEFINITELY all be voting for Trump. LOL!"
24. @
"Tony’s joke was so bad #45 had to do damage control. Good
opportunity for Aida Rodriguez & other Boricua comics to test their
material about Tony, since it’s just jokes after all."
25.
"What a stupid comedian...Thanks to that Trump would lose a
lot of votes from the Puerto Rican community..."
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26. @MrIzzy11B
"Hey dummy, watch 49 seconds of his whole remarks"
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27. @DjFico238
"@MrIzzy11B is not
only me who is upset about this..there is a lot of Republicans that said his
joke was stupid and wrong..he or Trump need to apologize for if they don't
Trump would lose the support of the Puerto Rican community..in USA live
millions of Puerto Ricans that can vote if l can guarantee you that they would
not vote for Trump"
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28. @Whatitisss
"This guy just killed it for trump"
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29. @tselengbotlhole750
"Great"
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30. @donnaarsenoff8399
"Hope so."
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31. @naturistfred
"Trump's campaign doesn't vet the speeches? Give me a break.
They knew he was gonna say that racist joke and it backfired, as it should
have."
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SOURCE #4
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDIR_y7hhEo "Trump Campaign PANICS on Monday after MSG DISASTER" , published by MeidasTouch, October 28, 2024 4:00 PM EDT,
Selected comments from this podcast's discussion thread.
October 28, 2024
1.@AnnieBland-x7u
"We should be thanking trump and his campaigner managers for
hiring this comedian... It shows PURE stupidity on every level"
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2. @yamgemy
"If it’s a joke then why puerto ricans aren’t laughing?”
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3. @allisonjames2923
“Mind you, it even backfired with them.
Very few of them cheered or laughed at that”
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@ilovecatsandsynths9702
4. “I think those who laughed did so not because the joke was funny, as it wasn’t,
but more of a “I can’t believe he actually said that” sort of laugh. π€’”
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5. @ReginaEarley
"I don't believe that.
There were boos mingled with the applause. The 'comedian' even appeared uneasy after
that faux pas!"
6. @ReginaEarley
"
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7. @JimMerritt-cu9pd
"Thanks Tony. You just sunk Trump. We love it.keep it up."
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8. @zappadallure
"What's truly hilarious, is that this comedian may well have
driven the final nail into Trump's coffin, ensuring that he'll lose the
election and face his trials! There are
100's of thousands of Puerto Ricans in Pennsylvania, which is crucial to
electing our next President. Welcome to
the Whitehouse Kamala!"
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9. @zappadallure
"And the desperation and hypocrisy in MAGA attempting to
defend this is ridiculous."
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10. @geoffreybrooks1220
"And don’t forget losing Puerto Rican and other Latino voters
in Florida. Yes, there is a sizeable Puerto rican population there."
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11. @Judy-n3m
"NEW YORK is also full of Puerto Ricans."
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"Florida has the largest population of Puerto Ricans in the U.S. with an estimated of 1.2 million. Republican Senator Rick Scott can thank Tony Hinchcliffe for his racist Puerto Rico joke. Karma is a biatch. π€£π"
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13. @marshak6837
"All these MAGA are complete buffoons. But hey, thanks for solidifying your loss."
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14. @richardrose9943
"And you don’t think he was a plant?"
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15. @Sirissssss
" @richardrose9943 ha ha. He was recommended by baron trump
just as baron suggested trump do Joe Rogan.
Trump wanted to involve younger people and he took.barons
suggestions..lol"
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16. @anitadees4223
"@richardrose9943 Of course not. Hinchcliffe said exactly what Trump wanted
him to say. A campaign rally by a
Presidential candidate isn't an open mic at a local night spot."
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"@Sirissssss Or Trump took a page out of Ted Cruz's
playbook and started blaming the kid for his own screw-up."
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18. @joestratton3981
"That was the final nail in the coffin......"
19.
"The issue is they think this is over only 1 of the jokes"
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20. @colinkelly8051
"It wasn’t just one joke, he made a racist about a black
friend carving a watermelon."
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21. @Arational
"You don't get to open for Trump without the Trump team
knowing what you are going to say.
The insults were intended."
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22. @JennyLouLou
"Exactly. It was very calculated and planned out."
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23.
"You are right.
Hinchcliffe only said what Trump wanted him to say."
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24. @jt_lancer
"Someone on the campaign approved those
jokes"
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25. @mariankeith2882
"Why do his supporters keep saying it was ONE joke! It was not.
It was a rant"
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26. @audreyburdelle6557
"No one can "sane wash" last night's hateful rally.
The campaign should be panicking.π"
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27. @lizbmusic11
"How can anyone be undecided now! This was the most
disgusting event of the campaign. I hope it loses him the election!!!!!"
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