'Moronic': Republican's scramble to dismiss racist joke gets sarcastic putdown live on CNN

A Republican strategist's effort to pass off as comedy a crude and racist joke delivered at former President Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally Sunday got a sarcastic putdown on CNN Monday.

The network's panel was unpacking the implications behind comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's on-stage jokes about Latinos and Puerto Ricans, whom he said "love making babies" and live on a "floating island of garbage."

Republican strategist Matt Gorman argued Hinchcliffe's commentary proved...