Former President Donald Trump has twice responded to President Joe Bidenโs “garbage” remark made about Trump supporters, with the latest coming just before midnight.
Biden was asked during a Kamala Harris virtual campaign rally on Tuesday about a remark made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe during a trump rally Sunday when the comedian called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”
The president said, “The only garbage I see floating out there is [Trump] supporters.”
BIDEN CALLS TRUMP SUPPORTERS ‘GARBAGE’ DURING HARRIS CAMPAIGN EVENT AS VP PROMISES UNITY AT ELLIPSE RALLY
Former President Donald Trump (left) and current President Joe Biden (right). (Getty Images)
Based on the 74.2 million votes that Trump received in the 2020 election, according to the Federal Elections Commission, the sitting president called nearly half of the countryโs voters “garbage.”
Trump didnโt hesitate to tweet a response.
“While I am running a campaign of positive solutions to save America, Kamala Harris is running a campaign of hate,” Trump wrote. “Now, on top of everything, Joe Biden calls our supporters “garbage.” You canโt lead America if you donโt love the American People. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have shown they are both unfit to be President of the United States.
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Former President Trump on Fox News host Sean Hannity’s show on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
“I am proud to lead the biggest, broadest, and most important political coalition in American history. We are welcoming historic numbers of Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, and citizens of every race, religion, color, and creed. It is my desire to be the President of all the people.”
Trump first heard of Bidenโs “garbage” verbiage while standing on a stage during a rally with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who reportedly alerted Trump of the presidentโs allegation.
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“Wow. That’s terrible,” Trump said, before recalling Hillary Clintonโs infamous “deplorable” remarks just weeks before the 2016 election. “And then she said irredeemable. That didn’t work out.”
“Garbage, I think, is worse,” Trump said. “But he doesn’t know. You have to please forgive him.”
Bidenโs remark came while Harris had her last major campaign event โ which was near the White House.
President Biden referred to Trump supporters as “garbage” during a virtual Harris campaign call. (Screenshot/CNN)
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The White House tried walking back Bidenโs statement by releasing this:
“Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump’s supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbageโwhich is the only word I can think of to describe it,” Biden tweeted. “His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That’s all I meant to say. The comments at that rally don’t reflect who we are as a nation.”
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