‘The Crowd Didn’t Mind’: Trump Spox Goes on Fox at Crack of Dawn to Blame Media for Covering ‘One Joke in Poor Taste’

Clean up on aisle MSG.

Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt woke up very early Monday morning so that she could appear on Fox & Friends in the 6 AM hour. And what did she open with? Lauding the diversity of the rally-goers at Sunday night’s MAGA Rally held at Madison Square Garden and blasting the media for covering “one joke in poor taste.”

The Trump campaign is trying to distance itself from comedian Tony Hinchcliffe after he joked about Puerto Rico as a “floating pile of garbage” during his set at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Hinchliffe’s act included multiple controversial jokes, focusing mainly on immigration and Latino and Black voters.

“Republicans are the party with a good sense of humor,” Hinchcliffe’s remark began. He added that a lot is happening in the world and added, “I don’t know if you guys know this, but there is literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico.”

“These Latinos, they love making babies, too. Just know that they do,” Hinchcliffe said, adding a punchline, “There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They come inside, just like they did to our country.” He also joked about one of his Black “buddies” and how they “carved watermelons” together.

Leavitt opened her curvy couch appearance by praising the diversity of the crowd at the New York City rally.

“ It was amazing,” she said. “The energy last night was palpable in the room, the spirit. It was happiness and joy. And it was such a diverse group of people in that stadium packed to the house. There wasn’t an empty seat. You had black Americans, Latino Americans, Jewish Americans, men, women of all ages coming in support of President Trump and unafraid to show it.”

Steve Doocy then asked her about the brewing controversy of Hinchcliffe’s comments. “You know, this morning, mainstream media has picked up on the comic’s comments, which were offensive, have been denounced by the campaign and everybody else. What went on with that?” Leavitt’s comments echoed those made by Brian Kilmeade earlier in the show about a New York Times report .

“ Look, it was a comedian who made a joke in poor taste,” she replied. “Obviously, that joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or our campaign. And I think it is sad that the media will pick up on one joke that was made by a comedian rather than the truths that were shared by the phenomenal list of speakers that we had,” before listing some notable MAGA luminaries in attendance.

“The crowd, they didn’t mind,” she said of the racist jokes. “Again, it was a diverse group of people. The joke fell flat, but the crowd was there because they know who President Trump is and they know he wants to be a president for all Americans.”

Watch above via Fox News.