Donald Trump’s campaign had prior knowledge of offensive comments in comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s rally speech and even censored one “joke” because it was too extreme, a new report claims.

“He was joking and calling Harris a ‘c—,’” a campaign insider involved in the rally at Madison Square Garden told The Bulwark on Sunday. “Let’s just say it was a red flag.”

Four Trump campaign sources told the publication that staffers had asked speakers to submit draft speeches ahead of the event. While reviewing Hinchcliffe’s draft, the problematic comment was noted and the comedian was asked to remove it from his script.

The report comes after Elon Musk’s super PAC released (and quickly deleted) an ad that repeatedly calls Kamala Harris “the C-word,” but later clarifies that she is being referred to as a “communist.”

However, campaign insiders who spoke to The Bulwark claimed they had not noticed the many other controversial jokes in Hinchcliffe’s speech, claiming that the comments, including him calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash” and racist slurs about black people, advertisements were. -libt.

However, they were divided over whether Hinchcliffe’s immigration-unprotected sex ambiguity about how Hispanics “enter the country” was pre-approved.

Critics on both sides of the political spectrum pounced on the comedian’s 11-minute speech, prompting the former president’s campaign to distance itself from Hinchcliffe and his Puerto Rico anecdote.

“This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign,” said Danielle Alvarez, Trump’s senior adviser.

Hinchcliffe stood by his comment, replying ‘these people have no sense of humour…’ and punching Tim Walz after calling the comedian a ‘son of a bitch’.

“Insane that a vice presidential candidate would take time out of his ‘busy schedule’ to analyze a joke taken out of context to make it seem racist,” Hinchcliffe continued. “I love Puerto Rico and my holidays there. I made fun of everyone. . . view the entire set. I’m comedian Tim…maybe it’s time to change your tampon.’

While the Trump campaign has tried to shield the former president from continued backlash, the sources told The Bulwark that his team had no objection to the rest of the comedian’s repertoire, including jokes about stone-throwing Palestinians, Jewish people throwing their money away want to keep. , and false claims that Haitians eat cats and dogs in Ohio.