2 weeks Ago By Nelson Espinal
President Joe Biden called Donald Trump supporters "garbage" on CNN, leading to a ton of controversy for the sitting president. Biden was on a Zoom call to get Latino voters to vote for Kamala Harris, when he managed to insult half the country. In recent speaking events, the president has been a lot looser with his wording and removed his filter more often, like when he called for Trump to be "locked up" or his brutal honesty about international conflicts.
Joe Biden slams Musk for 'working in US illegally' Kamala Harris's 'strong, brilliant' parents - including mom's huge life mission Biden addressed the recent comments made at the Trump rally in Madison Square Garden, which featured a comedian making a "joke" that Puerto Rico is a "floating island of garbage." "The only garbage I see floating out there is his [Trump's] supporters," Biden said on the zoom. The remarks from the president were akin to comments made by Hillary Clinton in 2016, where she called Trump supporters "deplorables.
" "And just the other day, a speaker at his (Trump's) rally called Puerto Rico a 'floating island of garbage.' Well, let me tell you something. I don't, I, I don't know the Puerto Rican that, that I know, or a Puerto Rico.
..where I'm from, in my home state of Delaware, they're good, decent, honorable people," the president said.
"The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters, his, his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it's un-American. It's totally contrary to everything we've done, everything we've been." Biden sorry for 150-year 'sin' that led to one of USA's 'most horrific chapters' Joe Biden tipped for Nobel Peace Prize over his move on Ukraine war Joe Biden says 'lock him up' in heated campaign speech against Donald Trump Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage—which is the only word I can think of to describe it.
His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That's all I meant to say. The.
.. — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 30, 2024 Biden was seemingly trying to say that a lot of people who support Trump happen to view Latinos in a negative light, hence their support of a large deportation operation, questioning how any Hispanic person could help the former President.
"Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage—which is the only word I can think of to describe it. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable," Biden said in a statement. "That's all I meant to say.
The comments at that rally don't reflect who we are as a nation." The President is known to stumble on his words or misword some phrases, a key reason that eventually called for him to drop out from the Presidential race after a poor debate performance..
