Trump’s MSG Rally Became Notable for Racist Tropes and Hate Even Before Trump Took the Stage

Speakers at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally apparently didn’t get the memo that the former president’s closing argument is supposed to be that he would be a president for all.

Tony Hinchcliffe
Tony Hinchcliffe speaks before former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden. Evan Vucci/AP

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday was supposed to be a homecoming — a celebration of the former president and the start of his closing message that he would be a president for all.

But even before Trump took the stage Sunday, that message was ringing hollow, with speakers at the rally embracing racist tropes and offensive rhetoric.

Tony Hinchcliffe, host of the show “Kill Tony,” opened the rally by calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” saying Latinos “love making babies” and claiming they “don’t pull out.”