Trump's NYC rally speakers shock audience with controversial remarks

At a pre-election gathering in NYCʼs Madison Square Garden (which was meant to display Donald Trumpʼs wide voter appeal) opening speakers made some eye-raising statements

The event featuring multiple speakers took an un-expected turn when they started making inappropriate comments about political figures and US territories. Tony Hinchcliffe who runs the Kill Tony podcast made a dis-tasteful comment referring to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage“; while another un-named speaker used crude language to compare Vice President Kamala Harris to someone working in the worlds oldest profession

The rally which happened just months before the Nov-2024 elections showed how campaign events can quickly turn into platforms for controversial speech-making. The gathering at the well-known NY venue — which usually hosts sports and entertainment shows — became a stage for remarks that many found offensive