Democratic strategist David Axelrod warned that comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's joke about Puerto Rico at a rally for former President Donald Trump in New York could prove costly for the Republican candidate.

Denise Murphy, who is of Puerto Rican descent, voted for Trump in the past. (Scott Calvert/WSJ) Denise Murphy said she probably would have voted for Donald Trump—until the recent Trump rally in New York City where a comedian likened Puerto Rico to a ...

During a recent rally for former President Donald Trump, one of the featured speakers made a joke in which he called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” The remark did not go over well with Latino voters in a key swing state, new polling reveals. Photo from Donald J. Trump, Facebook

The island of Puerto Rico does not vote in the US presidential elections which means that its three million residents do not have any say in who will be the country's next president even though they are American citizens.