On October 27, 2024, presidential candidate Donald Trump hosted a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

[3] Particular attention was paid to remarks by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who spoke prior to Trump and made jokes widely considered offensive toward Latinos (such as Puerto Ricans), Jews, Palestinians, and Black people.

[7] Despite speculation that the event could swing the outcome of the presidential election in favor of Harris, Trump went on to win nine days after the rally.

[11][12] New York native Donald Trump had long hoped to hold a rally at Madison Square Garden and his campaign announced the event on October 9.

"[23] Grant Cardone, a conservative influencer and investor, remarked that Harris "and her pimp handlers will destroy our country".

[1] Tony Hinchcliffe, a comedian and podcast host, delivered a stand-up routine at the beginning of the rally and made several jokes based on racist stereotypes.

The original draft contained a joke referring to Kamala Harris as a "cunt", but campaign officials told him to remove it from his routine.

[2] Hinchcliffe's remarks were widely criticized as racist, including by prominent politicians such as Walz, who called him a "jackwad",[34][35] and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is of Puerto Rican ancestry.

[40][41][42] While Bad Bunny allowed his music to be used for the Biden campaign in 2020,[43] he had previously refrained from endorsing a candidate in 2024, focusing his activism on issues pertaining to the island of Puerto Rico and expressing a desire to be uninvolved in politics.

[15] María Elvira Salazar, a House member who represents a district in South Florida, described Hinchcliffe's comments as "disgusting".

[6] Past Trump critics Megyn Kelly and Nikki Haley, who endorsed Trump in the 2024 campaign, separately made statements criticizing the fact that an overwhelming amount of the rally's speakers were men; Kelly called the rally speakers' rhetoric "totally counterproductive" to women voters[52] while Haley commented, "This bromance and this masculinity stuff, it borders on edgy to the point that it's going to make women uncomfortable.

"[57] Former Democratic state assemblyman Dov Hikind, who switched to the Republican Party in 2023, argued that "this is their last effort to picture Donald Trump as Nazi-like.