Trump comedian who faced backlash for his joke about Puerto Rico during a campaign rally for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump last month said he wouldn't apologize for his jokes and lashed out at the media for trying to "slander" him.

Despite concerns the joke would hurt Trump’s campaign, the president-elect swept all seven battleground states

The comedian has doubled down and refused to apologize after facing backlash for his set at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally.