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Trump’s Excuse for Racist Puerto Rico Joke: I Didn’t Hear It

DENY, DENY, DENY

“I don’t know him, someone put him up there. I don’t know who he is.”

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

Breaking News Editor

Donald Trump claims he didn’t hear Tony Hinchcliffe’s racist joke about Puerto Rico at his rally in Madison Square Garden.
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Dan Ladden-Hall

Dan Ladden-Hall

Breaking News Editor

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