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...US congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar said she was "disgusted" by the "racist comment". She said it did not "reflect the GOP values""...

You sure about that Maria?

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[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 110 points 1 month ago

It sure did, Maria. That's why he was invited by the RNC

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 48 points 1 month ago

Yeah, when your party's candidate for president, a former president, has this group of fascists on stage with him, and doesn't make a peep about it, it most definitely reflects GOP values.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

The GOP continues to feel shocked by the views of their peers and then do nothing about it.

Weak.

[-] korny@communick.news 76 points 1 month ago

Gay men vouching for the GOP always amazes me.

[-] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It has a Jews for Hitler vibe.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

1-800-KARS-4-NAZIS

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Someone finally said it! I don't think most people know who this guy is. Was shocked to see him supporting Trump, even if he is an ass.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago

I'm sure the attention will boost his career, even if it's negative. I've never heard of him before this.

[-] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It'd might be acceptable if it causes Trump to lose (again).

[-] GeminiFrenchFry@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

I wasn't super shocked to see him perform at a Trump rally. We watch KT every now and then, my husbo more. He ruins his own show and I've stopped paying attention except to see if someone really funny comes up in the bucket pulls. It seemed pretty on-brand for him.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Trump did Joe Rogan podcast a few days ago, Tony opening could have been pitched then.

[-] uberdroog@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Useful idiot. They don't know they are not actually part of the cool kids club. When the old white men sit in the parlor discussing things..the door is closed and they laugh at these goobers. They may not come for them first..but they are on the list regardless of how much groveling they did.

[-] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago

Follow the money.

[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

A wizard should know better.

[-] 58008@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago

Had he made these jokes anywhere else - like on stage at a dive bar, like normal - I wouldn't care. But he did this set at a MAGA rally. Whether or not he was "just joking" is completely irrelevant. If I teleport back to 1933, speak at a Hitler rally and make jokes about Jews liking money, it doesn't matter what my heart contains or if I have Jewish friends or enjoy Jewish cuisine or if I don't have an anti-Semitic bone in my body. This is a package deal, not an individual comic's shitty set.

Either Tony is a genuine scumbag racist MAGA cunt, or he's just a stupid, thoughtless, imbecilic cretin who hasn't got the willpower to turn down a stage of this magnitude regardless of the ramifications. Maybe a little of both. In either case, he's a tedious tone-deaf dickhead.

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[-] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

You know... Part of me would totally believe that nobody even vetted him before booking or even asked to review the show he was going to do the night of the rally. Especially with the knowledge that some moron on his team booked the Four Seasons years ago without realizing that it was a landscaping company.

The rest of me knows these people are all pieces of shit and don't care.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 48 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nah. Some nazi fuck heard his act and told Gröpenführer he's perfect for an opening act.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 month ago

Gröpenführer

I'm dead. R.I.P. me.

[-] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

His routine was loaded into the teleprompter. It was explicitly approved.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

They did realize they weren't actually booking the Four Seasons.
But they had publicly announced a rally at the Four Seasons before actually bothering to book.

And when they were turned down by the hotel, they scrambled to find a location with the same name to hide that fact.

[-] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It reflected how drumps government operated. Announced it then tried to work out how to do it.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

I always assumed they planned to be at the hotel but didn’t book in advance of announcing and got denied permission. But maybe what you’re suggesting is what happened?

[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 month ago

I've followed politics for twenty years, this absoltuly reflects GOP values.

[-] elbucho@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Calling him a comedian is being overly generous.

[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Tony made a career out of inviting amateur comedians to the stage to make fun of them. He also made a career out of deciphering the ever changing flavor of Joe Rogan's penis.

[-] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

He's garbage.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 19 points 1 month ago

Someone needs to remind her that the GOP died when MAGA took over. I think the history books will show this period as the change from GOP to MAGA...

What a "wonderful" time to be alive... :/

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Living through this, I sometimes forget that there will be a historical view. Would the "Tea Party movement" be considered the proto-MAGA?

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago

Absolutely. We can thank the fucking Koch brothers for that nonsense... That shit got way out of control. :/

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

If that was our goal we'd only have to thank one of them. The other is dead. /s

[-] zaph@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

She said on X that it did not "reflect the GOP values", referring to the Republican Party, and noted thousands of Puerto Ricans served in the military.

They're not garbage because they served?

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

From "The 14 Characteristics of Facism";

#4: Supremacy of the Military
Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

As a Canadian who has been to America on and off for decades this long predates Trump. Y'all have an unhealthy obsession with the military. You always have. To paraphrase Tim Walz, "it's fucking weird"

[-] meep_launcher@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

Of course he pulls the classic "it was just a joke bro".

That said, have dropped out of the comedy world years ago, it pisses me off to see dipshits like this get to perform for thousands while my friends who killed it at the open mics with real comedy are still struggling to get any attention. That's showbiz I guess.

[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Florida has a pile of shit lying in the middle of it, can you guess it's name?

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago
[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I guess there are multiple acceptable answers to that question

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[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I don't know what the fuck my uncle Ron did to you, but you leave him out of this.

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

As Mediaite reported, Hinchcliffe, pointing to a Black man in the audience, "went with what seemed like an off-the-cuff 'joke.'"

“That’s cool," he said, "a Black guy with a thing on his head. What the hell is that, a lamp shade? Look at this guy! Oh, my goodness. Wow! I’m just kidding, that’s one of my buddies. We had a Halloween party last night. We had fun — we carved watermelons together. It was awesome!”

Hyuk hyuk

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I could be wrong, but I think the AP Style guidelines say that the word "comedian" should be in quotes when referring to a GOP "comedian".

Maybe I am wrong, but they should say that.

[-] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Madison Square Garden, near the heart of the city, is one of the most famous venues in the world and capable of seating about 20,000. …. New York - viewed by some as a curious choice for the final week of campaigning - is a solid blue state and will not be decisive in the race for the White House.

It’s because it has enough people in its vicinity that support him and could come to fill a 20k person venue. He needed a big rally, but there’s literally nowhere else he can go to do it.

[-] Juigi@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

I always saw him more as a host who delivers obvious one-liners for cheap laughs. Tbh I've only seen Kill Tony, no idea if he does actual standup.

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[-] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I knew there was a reason i hated Tony Hinchcliff

[-] demizerone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

What a tool. Someone may actually Cancel Tony. He deserves it and it would actually be hilarious.

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