Why it matters: Puerto Ricans are an important part of the growing Latino electorate, especially in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, Axios Latino's Russell Contreras notes. Massachusetts is home to more than 300,000 Puerto Ricans, nearly 5% of the state's population, per census data.

C omedian Tony Hinchcliffe was supposed to be one of over a dozen warm-up acts for Donald Trump’s campaign rally on Sunday in Madison Square Garden. He ended up stealing the show with a raft of racist jokes targeting Latinos, Black Americans, Jews, and Muslims that drew swift condemnation from Democrats and Republicans alike.