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The White House attempted to locomotion backmost President Biden's comments aft the president unleashed a firestorm aft calling Trump supporters "garbage."
During a virtual Vice President Kamla 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."
His remarks were rapidly likened to Hillary Clinton’s labeling of fractional of Trump supporters arsenic belonging successful "a handbasket of deplorables" successful 2016, a remark that was wide seen arsenic undermining her campaign.
Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks during a run rally astatine The PPL Center connected October 29, 2024, successful Allentown, Pennsylvania. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images))
White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich that President Biden "referred to the hateful rhetoric astatine the Madison Square Garden rally arsenic ‘garbage.’"
"The president was referencing a gag by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe successful which helium likened Puerto Rico to an land of floating ‘garbage’ successful the mediate of the ocean," helium said.
The White House earlier told NBC News that the president was referring to Hinchcliffe.
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Later, Biden tried to further clarify his comments, saying that helium was denouncing Hinchicliffe's comments – not Trump supporters.
"Earlier contiguous I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's supporters astatine his Madison Square Garden rally arsenic garbage—which is the lone connection I tin deliberation of to picture it," Biden wrote successful a station connected X. "His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That's each I meant to say. The comments astatine that rally don't bespeak who we are arsenic a nation."
Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks astatine a run rally astatine The PPL Center connected October 29, 2024 successful Allentown, Pennsylvania. With 1 week until Election Day, Trump is campaigning for re-election successful the battleground authorities of Pennsylvania. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Speaking astatine a run lawsuit with Trump connected Tuesday in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) picked up Biden's remark arsenic "breaking news" and told Trump supporters that Biden had marginalized a immense fig of mundane Americans arsenic "garbage."
Trump Campaign National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said successful a connection that Biden and Harris "despise the tens of millions" who enactment him.
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"There's nary mode to rotation it: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris don't conscionable hatred President Trump, they despise the tens of millions of Americans who enactment him," she wrote successful a release.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro looks connected arsenic U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks pursuing a briefing connected Interstate-95 road exigency repair and reconstruction efforts, successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, connected June 17, 2023. (Julia Nikhinson / AFP) (Photo by JULIA NIKHINSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Backlash from the comments came from some sides of the aisle, with Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro condemning Biden's remarks.
"I’m giving you my caller absorption to it," helium told Fox News Radio Political Analyst Josh Kraushaar connected Tuesday. "I would ne'er insult the bully radical of Pennsylvania oregon immoderate Americans adjacent if they chose to enactment a campaigner that I didn’t support."
Fox News Digital's Joseph Wulfsohn contributed to this report.
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is simply a breaking quality writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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