Donald Trump spent much of Tuesday seeking to control fallout from his racist Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday in which far-right so-called comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean.” The New York Times described the rally as a “closing carnival of grievances, misogyny and racism.” On Tuesday, Trump called it a “lovefest.”

Donald Trump: “There’s never been an event so beautiful. It was like a lovefest, an absolute lovefest. And it was my honor to be involved.”

Trump’s former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley — who endorsed Trump at the Republican National Convention after unsuccessfully challenging him for the nomination — criticized the Trump campaign for its attacks on Puerto Ricans and warned its “overly masculine” message was turning off women voters. Haley spoke on Fox News.

Nikki Haley: “They need to go and tell Puerto Ricans how much, you know, they do value them. They need to tell Latinos that. But they also need to look at how they’re talking about women. I mean, this bromance and this masculinity stuff, I mean, it borders on edgy to the point that it’s going to make women uncomfortable.”

Meanwhile, President Biden has clarified his remarks condemning the racist comments made at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally. On Tuesday, Biden told Voto Latino, “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.” Trump’s backers seized on the remarks, comparing them to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 comment calling Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables.” On social media, President Biden wrote, “His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That’s all I meant to say.”