But the event also generated intense criticism from Democrats for remarks made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who spoke during the afternoon hours ahead of Trump and called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now.”

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    Last night Rick Scott, who is running to re-elect in Florida, got a little frightened and messaged how much he loves Puerto Rico. Florida has the second largest population of Puerto Ricans and, interestingly enough, Pennsylvania has the largest.

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      They just can’t help it, they love racism so much it’s hard to hold it back until after the election.

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          Their racists were already voting, they were supposed to be courting other demographics like young latino men. But it’s just so hard to not be racist for 5 minutes…