The violent and vulgar rhetoric at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally Sunday has prompted finger-pointing within the former president’s inner circle and deep concern that his message was once again eclipsed by controversy.

Hinchcliffe, known for his roast comedy and podcast “Kill Tony,” referred to Puerto Rico as “a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now.”

Donald Trump’s Sunday rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City featured numerous instances of speakers making racist or bigoted remarks.Perhaps none more notoriously so than comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s offensive comments about Puerto Rico. What makes those remarks – which the former president’s campaign has sought to distance itself from – so noteworthy is they come

A comedian who spoke at Donald Trump’s campaign rally at Madison Square Garden referred to the U.S. territory as a “floating island of garbage,” prompting immediate backlash.

With just over a week before Election Day, the marquee event reflected the former president’s tone throughout his third White House campaign.

As the Civil War approached it became the anthem of Confederacy. It was played during South Carolina’s secession convention. Later it was played at the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as the Confederacy’s first and only president. “Dixie” was also part of the score of “The Birth of a Nation,” the movie that helped revive the Ku Klux Klan in 1915.

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) brushed off the controversy following Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally during a campaign stop in Wisconsin on Monday, saying at one point “we have to stop getting so offended at every little thing.

The event, one of Trump's biggest rallies of the campaign, was characterized by shocking and polarizing comments, with comedian Tony Hinchcliffe branding Puerto Rico a "floating i