Tim Walz’s Unfiltered Response To Trump Rally Comedian’s Puerto Rico ‘Joke’ Says It All

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz on Sunday gave a candid and blistering response after being played podcaster and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s purported joke about Puerto Rico during Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Hinchcliffe said: “There’s a lot going on. 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. Yeah. I think it’s called Puerto Rico.”
The clip was aired to Walz during a Twitch stream with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
Afterward, the Minnesota governor just asked: “Who is that jackwad?”
Ocasio-Cortez identified the comedian and said it was “super-disappointing.”
Walz then turned to attacking Republican presidential nominee Trump for his handling of Hurricane Maria, which hit Puerto Rico and caused mass devastation in 2017 during his presidency.
“Does anybody remember how he responded to Maria in Puerto Rico? It was absolutely horrific, down there insulting people,” Walz recalled.
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Gov. Walz and @AOC react to this clip: “When you have some a-hole calling Puerto Rico ‘floating garbage,’ know that that’s what they think about you. It’s what they think about anyone who makes less money than them… I want every Puerto Rican in Philadelphia and Reading and… https://t.co/L5GdSvLJWT pic.twitter.com/y9DQTABM0v