Hinchcliffe’s appearance at Trump’s rally created controversy online after he jokingly referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage,” a joke Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), President Joe Biden, and others deemed offensive. Following Hinchcliffe’s comedy routine at Trump’s rally, Hinchcliffe stated he was delivering a talk on free speech, during which he pointed out that Puerto Rico has “a landfill problem.” 

“And with that said, I just want to say that I love Puerto Ricans; they’re very smart people,” Hinchcliffe said in the latest episode of his Kill Tony podcast. “They’re smart, they’re street smart, and they’re smart enough to know when they’re being used as political fodder. And right now, that is happening. And uh, I apologize to absolutely nobody.”

Hinchcliffe, who continued his comments amid applause from a live audience, acknowledged that his speech at Trump’s rally was not “the best f***ing place” to host it. Despite this, he informed both “the mainstream media” and those online who were offended by his comments that his comedy routine is “what I do,” referring to how he’s known for his insult comedy.

“I go hard, and that’s never going to change,” Hinchcliffe said.

Following the controversy generated from Hinchcliffe’s routine at Madison Square Garden, fellow comedian Jon Stewart, who contended that  “the guy’s really just doing what he does!” He added that he finds Hinchcliffe’s insult comedy “very funny.”