Trump's own campaign disavows comment from speaker at ex-president's controversial rally

Donald Trump's own campaign on Sunday distanced itself from a comment made by a speaker at the former president's controversial rally at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Trump spoke on Sunday at the famous New York venue, where he followed Donald Trump Jr., Elon Musk, and other MAGA surrogates. Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe also spoke before the ex-president.

In his comments, Hinchcliffe actually referred to Puerto Rico as “a floating island of garbage."

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The comment caused pushback even from Trump's biggest elected allies, such as Rick Scott, a senator from Florida.

Now, Trump's campaign has issued a response, according to NBC's campaign embed Alec Hernández.

“This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign,” said senior advisor Danielle Alvarez, according to Hernández's reporting.

National security attorney Bradley P. Moss responded to that statement from the campaign, saying simply, "It absolutely does."