'I can't imagine it's a big deal,' the former president said of the comedian who called Puerto Rico 'garbage.'
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the controversy caused by a comedian calling Puerto Rico 'a floating island of garbage' at a recent Trump rally was not a 'big deal.'In a Monday interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, a Trump loyalist, Trump said he had 'no idea' who the comedian was, and claimed he had 'done more for Puerto Rico than any president, I think, that's ever, that's ever been president.''I have no idea who he is.
I've done more for Puerto Rico than any president, I think, that's ever, that's ever been president.'Newsweek has contacted the Trump campaign via email for comment.The defense comes after days of Puerto Rican outrage across the country in response to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who spoke at Trump's Sunday rally in Madison Square Garden.
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