“Donald Trump made his first mention of Puerto Rico after widespread backlash over comedian Tony Hinchcliffe calling it a ‘floating island of garbage’ at his Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday night — though he did not mention the backlash to the racist joke,” Politico reports.
Said Trump: “Well, we love it.
I know it very well. And we help you through a lot of bad storms. I’ll tell you, we had some really bad ones. You remember you were there when I brought the hospital ship against everyone’s advice and we got it in there and took care of a lot of people.”He added: “But I think no president’s done more for Puerto Rico than I have.”