"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 said, later including lewd and racist comments about Latinos, Jewish and Black people.
The Trump campaign took the rare step of distancing itself from Hinchcliffe. "This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign," senior adviser Danielle Alvarez said in a statement.
The comments have led to condemnation from Democrats and Puerto Rican celebrities, with Ricky Martin sharing a clip of Hinchcliffe's set, captioned: 'This is what they think of us.'
Hinchcliffe specializes in the roast style, where comedians deliver personal and often tasteless jokes about their celebrity victims, including references to race and controversial subjects.
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