President Joe Biden appeared to call former President Donald Trump’s supporters “trash” on a Zoom call with the group Voto Latino on Tuesday, following comments made by a comedian at Trump’s rally.
The president’s comments were in response to comments by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who called Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash” while speaking at a Trump rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Biden tried to clarify the comment with an post He received backlash Tuesday night for claiming he was referring to “rhetoric” uttered by the cartoon, not Trump supporters.
“Donald Trump has no character. He doesn’t care about the Latino community. He’s a failure as a businessman. He only cares about his billionaire friends. , has amassed wealth for people at the top,” Biden said. video. “Puerto Rico, I’m in my home state of Delaware. They’re good, decent, honorable people. The only trash floating around there is his supporters. His demonization is unconscionable. , considered un-American.”
Here’s the video: pic.twitter.com/7hNp3su8k2
— Gabe Gutierrez (@gabegutierrez) October 30, 2024
Biden addressed the backlash by condemning President Trump’s comments about Puerto Rico at Madison Square Garden as hateful. He made it clear that he believes allegedly divisive language against Latinos is contrary to American values.
“Earlier today, I referred to the hateful anti-Puerto Rican rhetoric spewed by Trump supporters at the Madison Square Garden rally as garbage, and that’s the only word I can think of to describe it. His Latino… Demonizing Americans is unconscionable. That’s all I wanted to say. The comments at that rally do not reflect who we are as a nation,” Biden wrote to X.
in statement Journalist Gabe Gutierrez reported that the White House also emphasized that Biden was referring to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who supported Trump and made derogatory comments about Puerto Rico. . (Related article: Anti-Trump journalist claims President Trump’s MSG rally is ‘out of line’ and Democrats are ‘outraging’, predicting the most ‘diverse’ Republican base in history)
“There’s a lot going on. I don’t know if you know this, but right now there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean. I think it’s called Puerto Rico,” Hinchcliffe said. said At a gathering.
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