At the time, Trump tried to distance himself from Hinchcliffe’s comments, telling Sean Hannity, “I have no idea who he is. Somebody said there was a comedian that joked about Puerto Rico or something, and I have no idea who he is. Never saw him, never heard of him, and don’t want to hear of him.”
“I have no idea. They put a comedian in, which everybody does. You throw comedians in. You don’t vet them and go crazy. It’s nobody’s fault. But somebody said some bad things,” the POTUS expressed. “Now what they’ve done is taken somebody that has nothing to do with the party, has nothing to do with us, said something and they try and make a big deal.”