A comedian’s joke at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally about Puerto Rico being a “floating island of garbage” has prompted a political backlash with the presidential candidate’s campaign team seeking to distance itself from the controversial remarks. READ MORE: https://www.thetimes.com/article/01834105-51df-4936-82c0-879bea5ed1e7 Speaking to the crowd before Trump took the stage on Sunday, the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe also made crude remarks about Latinos and Jews, all key constituencies in next week’s election. “I don’t know if you guys know this, but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico,” he told the crowd to some laughs and a few groans. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/ #trump #maga #puertorico #newyork