I strongly and fully support and endorse Donald J. Trump to be our 47th president – to make America great again and, of course, to make Puerto Rico shine again.”

Cesar Ramirez of Lakeland said that video clips of the insulting joke appeared on dozens of “Boricua” social media groups following the Trump rally.

Of the nearly 30 speakers who warmed up the crowd for Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden Sunday night, one received the most of the attention — comedian Tony Hinchcliffe — when he called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.