Biden's 'garbage' comment is a gift to Trump

• Donald Trump is seizing connected caller comments from Joe Biden to onslaught Kamala Harris.
• Biden connected Tuesday appeared to telephone Trump supporters "garbage." He quickly clarified his remark.
• The gaffe takes immoderate of nan spotlight disconnected Trump, who's been criticized for nan reside of his MSG rally.

After Vice President Kamala Harris' emergence to nan apical of nan Democratic ticket, erstwhile President Donald Trump has remained fixed on his erstwhile opponent, President Joe Biden.

But this week, Trump was handed a gift successful nan shape of a caller gaffe from Biden. It's allowed nan erstwhile president to erstwhile again to onslaught Biden while astatine nan aforesaid clip motivating his supporters to move retired against Harris — conscionable days earlier Election Day.

While speaking pinch a Latino voting group connected a virtual telephone connected Tuesday, Biden criticized remarks made by nan comedian Tony Hinchcliffe during Trump's Sunday rally astatine Madison Square Garden.

"I don't cognize if you guys cognize this, but there's virtually a floating land of garbage successful nan mediate of nan water correct now," Hinchcliffe said astatine nan MSG rally. "I deliberation it's called Puerto Rico."

The remark sparked wide backlash from Democrats and members of nan Puerto Rican community, including nan musicians Bad Bunny and Jennifer Lopez.

On Tuesday night, Biden appeared to opportunity that it was Trump supporters who are "garbage."

​​"They're good, decent, honorable people," Biden said of Puerto Ricans successful nan call. "The only garbage I spot floating retired location is his supporters...his... his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it's un-American. It's wholly contrary to everything we've done."

The White House quickly tried clarify Biden's remark.

Senior Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates said connected X that Biden "referred to nan hateful rhetoric astatine nan Madison Square Garden rally arsenic 'garbage.'" He past retweeted a station wherever a Yahoo newsman wrote that it seems "pretty clear Biden was talking astir nan comic."

The Trump run had already started to usage nan gaffe arsenic a rallying outcry for his supporters.

On Tuesday night, nan GOP statesmanlike campaigner attacked Biden successful a station connected Truth Social. Instead of focusing solely connected his erstwhile opponent, as he has often done, Trump linked Biden's remark backmost to his existent opponent, Harris.

"While I americium moving a run of affirmative solutions to prevention America, Kamala Harris is moving a run of hate," Trump wrote successful his post. "Now, connected apical of everything, Joe Biden calls our supporters 'garbage.' You can't lead America if you don't emotion nan American People. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden person shown they are some unfit to beryllium President of nan United States."

Trump besides commented connected Biden's remark astatine his rally successful Allentown, Pennsylvania, connected Tuesday night. While connected shape astatine nan event, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida publication what Biden said. "Wow. That's terrible," Trump said. "That's what it says."

Trump past compared Biden's remark to erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's "basket of deplorables" remark successful 2016.

"Garbage, I think, is worse, right?" Trump said, according to NBC News. "But he doesn't know. You person to please forgive him. Please forgive him, for he not knoweth what he said."

Later Tuesday night, nan Trump run sent retired a fundraising email largely focused connected Biden's gaffe.

"Moments ago, Kamala's leader crooked Joe Biden conscionable called ALL my supporters GARBAGE - HE WAS TALKING TO YOU!" nan email stated."FIRST Hillary called you a DEPLORABLE! THEN they called you a FASCIST! And moments agone Kamala's leader Biden called you GARBAGE!"

Harris connected Wednesday addressed Biden's remark, 1 time aft she gave her closing statement speech astatine nan Ellipse successful Washington, DC.

"First of all, he clarified his comments, but fto maine beryllium clear: I powerfully disagree pinch immoderate disapproval of group based connected who they ballot for," Harris told reporters. "I judge nan activity that I do is astir representing each nan group whether they support maine aliases not."

Business Insider has reached retired to nan Trump and Harris campaigns for comment.