President Joe Biden declared supporters of former President Donald Trump to be “garbage” during a campaign call Tuesday night.
“Donald Trump has no character. He doesn’t give a damn about the Latino community,” Biden said, according to NBC News Senior White House Correspondent Gabe Gutierrez.
“Just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage,” Biden continued, referencing remarks that were made at Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City over the weekend by an insult comedian.
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,” Biden said.
The remarks from Biden in the final days of the 2024 presidential election undercut the message about “joy” and “turning the page” that his vice president, Kamala Harris, is pushing as the Democrat presidential nominee.
Biden’s divisive rhetoric comes after Trump has survived two assassination attempts over the last several months.
Joe Biden once again manages to completely destroy what was supposed to be Kamala’s big night by calling half the country garbage 7 days before the election. He hates her guts.pic.twitter.com/3cLA9GiVJ1
— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) October 30, 2024
Holy shit. The media spent all week crying about a joke from a comedian. Meanwhile, Tim Walz called Trump supporters Nazis. Kamala Harris refused to condemn it. And now Kamala's biggest Democrat ally, Joe Biden, is calling all Trump supporters "garbage." Absolutely disgusting!!! https://t.co/f0QKtaCbQm
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 30, 2024
Joe Biden insults >90 million Americans by calling them “garbage floating out there” and thereby seals the deal for Trump. You may think it’s his cognitive impairment, but it smells more like an ingenious way to inflict long-overdue revenge on Kamala. Not a bad October surprise. https://t.co/gVfONmwK4A
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) October 30, 2024
This is disgusting. Kamala Harris and her boss Joe Biden are attacking half of the country.
There's no excuse for this. I hope Americans reject it.
https://t.co/oLXa0Misng https://t.co/Y67u7rZXVs— JD Vance (@JDVance) October 30, 2024