2024 Trump rally at Madison Square Garden

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2024 Trump rally at Madison Square Garden
Part of Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign
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DateOctober 27, 2024 (2024-10-27)
Venue Madison Square Garden
Location New York City

On October 27, 2024, presidential candidate Donald Trump hosted a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The main event was a 78-minute speech from Trump, which his campaign characterized as his closing message. [1] [2] In addition, multiple people associated with Trump, such as Donald Trump Jr., Elon Musk, Rudy Giuliani, and Tucker Carlson, as well as his running mate JD Vance, gave speeches before and after Trump. [3]

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Particular attention was paid to remarks by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who spoke prior to Trump and made jokes widely considered offensive toward Latinos (such as Puerto Ricans), Jews, Palestinians, and Black people. [4] [1] [5] [6] During the rally, the Democratic National Committee projected its counter messaging onto the exterior of the building while Trump was speaking, the first time it had done so while he was inside. [7]

Background

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People waiting for the rally

The rally was held around a week before Election Day for the 2024 United States presidential election. The election was seen as very close, with polls unable to determine a favored candidate. [3] [8] Heading into the rally, Trump was increasingly being described as a "fascist," [9] [10] particularly as former top Trump advisors Mark Milley, John Kelly and Jim Mattis had recently described Trump in such terms. [11] [12]

Donald Trump had long hoped to hold a rally at Madison Square Garden, [13] and his campaign announced the event on October 9. [14]

Program and speakers

New York reported that on the night of the rally a campaign advisor said the speakers' remarks had not been screened in advance. David Rem, introduced as a childhood friend of Trump, referred to Trump's opponent Kamala Harris as "the devil" and "the Antichrist." Hulk Hogan said during his speech: "I don't see no stinkin' Nazis in here. I don't see no stinkin' domestic terrorists in here. The only thing I see here are a bunch of hard-working men and women that are real Americans, brother." [15] Trump campaign advisor Steven Miller's call that "America is for Americans and Americans only" drew comparisons to the 1939 Nazi rally. Miller responded that people making such comparisons were "spitting on the graves of my Jewish ancestors". [16]

Notable speakers included:

The Trump campaign introduced a new slogan at the rally: "Trump Will Fix It." [22]

Tony Hinchcliffe

I don't know if you guys 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. [1]

Tony Hinchcliffe

Tony Hinchcliffe, a comedian and podcast host, delivered a stand-up routine at the beginning of the rally and made several jokes based on racist stereotypes. He referred to Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage". [23] He expressed disdain for migrants and stated "these Latinos, they love making babies, they do. There's no pulling out. They don't do that, they come inside, just like they do to our country." [24] He joked that he and a Black audience member had "carved watermelons together" at a Halloween party, referring to a longstanding stereotype. He compared the Israeli–Palestinian conflict to a game of rock paper scissors, mentioning Palestinians throwing rocks and saying that "Jews have a hard time throwing that paper," referring to stereotypes of Jewish people as greedy. [4] [25] The Bulwark reported that Hinchcliffe had intended to refer to Kamala Harris as a "cunt", but that campaign officials told him to remove it from his routine. [1] [26] [27]

Response

Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz and Hillary Clinton compared the rally to the 1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden. [2] Hinchcliffe's remarks were widely criticized as racist, including by prominent politicians such as Walz, who called him a "jackwad", [28] [29] and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is of Puerto Rican ancestry. Representative Ritchie Torres, also of Puerto Rican ancestry, said that he was "tempted to call Hinchcliffe racist garbage but doing so would be an insult to garbage." [30] [31] [32] [33]

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Following the rally, Puerto Rican entertainers Bad Bunny (left) and Ricky Martin (right) expressed support for presidential candidate Kamala Harris

In response to Hinchcliffe's comments about Puerto Rico, many Puerto Rican celebrities, including rapper Bad Bunny and singer Ricky Martin, expressed support for Trump's rival Kamala Harris after the rally. [34] While Bad Bunny allowed his music to be used for the Biden campaign in 2020, [35] he had previously refrained from endorsing a candidate in 2024, focusing his activism on issues pertaining to the island of Puerto Rico and expressing a desire to be uninvolved in politics. [36] The large Puerto Rican population in Pennsylvania, a swing state in the 2024 United States presidential election, prompted Trump campaign senior advisor Danielle Alvarez to say that it did not reflect the views of Trump or the campaign, a move which The New York Times described as a departure from the "Trump ethos ... to never apologize, never admit error and try to ignore controversy". [6]

The chair of the Republican Party of Puerto Rico, Angel M. Cintrón, called on Donald Trump to apologize for Hinchcliffe's comments, saying he will withhold his support until an apology is given. [37] The Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico, Roberto O. Gonzalez Nieves, criticized Hinchcliffe for the comment and responded to the defense that it was a joke, saying "I enjoy a good joke...However, humor has its limits. It should not insult or denigrate the dignity and sacredness of people. Hinchcliffe’s remarks do not only provoke sinister laughter but hatred." [38] [39] [40]

Republican politicians in Florida running for reelection expressed concern about Hinchcliffe's comments. [6] Senator Rick Scott tweeted "It's not funny and it's not true". [27] María Elvira Salazar, a House member who represents south Florida, described Hinchcliffe's comments as "disgusting". [6]

Donald Trump Jr. retweeted Hinchcliffe's statement denying being racist and dismissing critics as having "no sense of humor". [41] Donald Trump said it was an "honor to be involved" and called the event "an absolute lovefest". [42] [43] [44]

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