President Biden went viral Tuesday nighttime for comments disparaging Trump supporters arsenic his No. 2 Vice President Kamala Harris made a large code to voters from the Ellipse close extracurricular the White House.
During a virtual Harris run telephone with Voto Latino, Biden took a swipe astatine erstwhile President Trump's rally successful Madison Square Garden, which made headlines aft insult comedian Tony Hinchiffe made jokes mocking antithetic taste groups with 1 gag referring to Puerto Rico arsenic a "floating land of garbage."
"The lone garbage I spot floating retired determination is his supporters," Biden said. "[Trump's] demonization of Latinos is Unconscionable and it is un-American."
President Biden referred to Trump supporters arsenic "garbage" during a virtual Harris run call. (Screenshot/CNN)
The remark rapidly went viral and sparked swift condemnation from critics.
"This is disgusting," Republican vice statesmanlike nominee JD Vance reacted. "Kamala Harris and her brag Joe Biden are attacking fractional of the country. There's nary excuse for this. I anticipation American cull it."
"Woof. Calls fractional the state ‘garbage’ portion Harris speaks," CNN contributor Scott Jennings said.
"Well determination helium is. So outraged by Tony the comedian that the sitting president borrows the garbage characterization to use it to fractional of America. I ideate the cablegram quality acceptable volition beryllium each implicit this tomorrow, right?" Ruthless podcast co-host Josh Holmes wondered.
"Just astonishing that Biden managed to wholly measurement connected Kamala's code successful the worst mode possible," Fox News contributor Joe Concha said.
"Shades of Hillary’s deplorables… I repeat: Lots of 2016 vibes successful this election," Jewish Insider exertion successful main Josh Kraushaar wrote.
A White House spokesperson told NBC News that Biden was referring to the comedian who made the joke. The White House did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.
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