Puerto Rico: Last News

Following Donald Trump‘s controversial Madison Square Garden rally, Bill Maher had some thought about the choice in entertainment.

Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird has been released, showing glimpses of the friendship behind the bands The Mars Volta and At The Drive-In. Watch it below.The clip, issued yesterday (October 31) by Oscilloscope Laboratories, comprises a montage of archival footage from the vault of Mars Volta co-founder and guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, with narration about his close and prolific – though stormy – relationship over the decades with Cedric Bixler-Zavala.“I’m glad that God has put us in the same place and the same time,” he says.

Ellise Shafer At a campaign event for Kamala Harris in Nevada on Thursday night, Jennifer Lopez called out the comments about Puerto Rico made at Donald Trump‘s Madison Square Garden rally earlier this week. Before Trump took the stage on Sunday, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe said: “There’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico.” The remark sparked outrage from the Latino community and beyond, including from Lopez, Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin.

Jennifer Lopez is showing her support for Kamala Harris.

Jennifer Lopez made a passionate case for Kamala Harris at a Las Vegas rally tonight, while chiding Donald Trump for bringing a parade of speakers to a Madison Square Garden event earlier this week who made racist jokes and sexist remarks.

Vinny Guadagnino is not sorry he attended Donald Trump’s hate-filled rally over the weekend.

Sunny Hostin is not here for Donald Trump‘s “gaslighting” and called him out on The View following his garbage truck stunt.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Jake Paul, the widely followed social media star who’s become a professional boxer, endorsed Donald Trump and urged his followers to vote for the GOP candidate — even though Paul himself is unable to vote in the 2024 U.S. presidential election because he now lives in Puerto Rico. In a YouTube video posted Thursday, Paul told viewers they should “do your own research” and that they shouldn’t base their voting decision on “your favorite pop star telling you to vote a certain way.” But he said he was presenting his perspective in hopes of encouraging undecided viewers to vote for Trump to “quite literally save America.” Paul, 27, compared Trump’s felony convictions to the situation faced by America’s founding fathers in their fight for independence from the British monarchy.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jimmy Kimmel was not impressed with Donald Trump‘s mockery of Joe Biden this week. After the U.S.

Sunday’s Madison Square Garden rally, was political malpractice.Hinchcliffe’s now infamous set included a joke where he called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” And, well, it’s not good to offend an entire demographic of voters you’re still trying to woo.The Trump camp distanced themselves from the line and a report in the Bulwark said the bit was ad libbed.Hey, they were able to catch in the script a joke where Hinchcliffe called Kamala Harris the c-word, which a staffer asked him to remove.As the right did damage control amidst the uproar, President Biden apparently said “hold my ice cream cone” and decided to defend Puerto Rico’s honor — by calling Trump “supporters” garbage.The gaffe was reminiscent of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 “basket of deplorables” comment and also brought to mind Obama’s alleged assessment of his Veep’s instincts, “Never underestimate Joe’s ability to f–k things up.”Bumbling Joe, who is an actual politician and not a comedian, is now doing clean up duty. With a major assist from the media who were outraged by Hinchcliffe just days ago.In the midst of this stinky mess remains a collective pearl clutching about the initial jokes (which was a reference to PR’s very real garbage problem).

Ethan Shanfeld Joe Rogan said he previously warned Tony Hinchcliffe about his Puerto Rico joke, telling him “that’s the one that’s gonna get you stabbed.” Hinchcliffe, an insult comic best known for hosting the live podcast “Kill Tony,” sparked outrage Sunday when he appeared at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally and told a joke that referred to Puerto Rico as “a floating island of garbage.” “I’ve gotta tell you, that joke kills at comedy clubs. I don’t like the joke, [but] it kills,” Rogan said on Wednesday’s episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.” “It’s just like, if you’re Puerto Rican and you hear that in the audience, you’re like [groans]. But it’s a funny joke.

Nicky Jam has walked back his endorsement of Donald Trump, upset over a comedian’s comments about Puerto Rico that were made at a Madison Square Garden rally earlier this week.

Kamala Harris is distancing herself today from Joe Biden’s “garbage” gaffe amid a very close election race, but the White House is insisting it’s all about the apostrophe.

Nicky Jam is un-endorsing Donald Trump.

Ethan Shanfeld In the days leading up to the election, Jon Stewart wants the media to focus on Donald Trump, rather than the “terrible jokes” that others told at his Madison Square Garden rally. “The media is focused on the terrible jokes that were made. Focus on Trump, who would have the power,” Stewart said in a new interview with Vanity Fair.

Thania Garcia Puerto Rican artist Nicky Jam walked back his endorsement for presidential candidate Donald J. Trump on Wednesday. In a video uploaded to Jam’s Instagram, the reggaeton star is seen sitting in a luxury car as he explains he no longer supports Trump following the racist remarks made by Tony Hinchcliffe about Puerto Rico and Latinos during a rally over the weekend.

Aubrey Plaza spoke out against a remark made by a comedian at Donald Trump‘s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday, calling Tony Hinchcliffe‘s joke insult about Puerto Rico “disgusting.”

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor President Biden appeared to call supporters of Donald Trump “garbage,” but later attempted to clarify his remark as referring specifically to the pro-Trump comedian at the Republican candidate’s New York rally who called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” In a video addressing Latino voters released Tuesday, Biden said, “Just the other day, a speaker at [Trump’s] rally called Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage,’” referring to the offensive comment made by Tony Hinchcliffe at Trump’s Oct. 27 rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Michaela Zee Aubrey Plaza took a moment at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards on Tuesday night to slam comedian Tony Hinchcliffe‘s “floating island of garbage” joke about Puerto Rico from a Donald Trump rally. “I just wanted to very quickly respond to the racist joke that was made at that Trump rally about Puerto Rico, where most of my family is from,” Plaza said on stage at the Innovator Awards in New York.

Joe Biden is doing some damage control after his words condemning the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico at Donald Trump‘s Madison Square Garden rally were misinterpreted.

Thania Garcia Don Omar has shared his endorsement for Kamala Harris as the next United States president. The Puerto Rican-bred superstar penned a lengthy statement uploaded to his social media on Tuesday addressed to his 12.6 million followers. “Puerto Rico is my homeland and my identity, and today more than ever, I raise my island’s flag with pride,” he wrote in the opening paragraph.