On October 27, 2024, Tony Hinchcliffe, a comedian performing at Donald
Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally sparked outrage when he made a series of
racist and xenophobic jokes. In one of the controversial jokes, 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. I think it’s called
Puerto Rico” (McCausland). Trump himself has made jokes (or joke attempts)
about making himself a dictator. He has said that people should go out and vote in
2024, as there won’t be a need to replace him with anyone else since “[f]our more
years, you know what? It’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine, you won’t have to vote any more,
my beautiful Christians.” Trump has made references to staying in office as a
dictator (even if only for one day). When pressed about this, Trump supporters
cried out in disapprobation of his critics, saying things like “[o]f course he’s
joking…You can’t be a dictator with a constitutional republic” (Bayoumi).
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