Aubrey Plaza condemns racist joke about Puerto Rico at Trump rally

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Aubrey Plaza criticized comedian Tony Hinchcliffe for a racist joke about Puerto Rico made at a Donald Trump rally. Speaking at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards, she expressed her disapproval and referenced her grandmother's likely reaction. Plaza highlighted that most of her family is from Puerto Rico and condemned Hinchcliffe's comment, calling it "disgusting." She stated that her grandmother would have told Hinchcliffe to "go f--- yourself." Plaza's remarks add to the backlash against Hinchcliffe, who referred to Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage" during the rally at Madison Square Garden.


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