Biden's 'garbage' comment sends Dem senators scrambling in key swing state races: 'Strongly disagrees'

President Biden sparked a governmental firestorm Tuesday aft calling supporters of erstwhile President Trump "garbage," which could spell problem for respective incumbent Democratic senators moving for re-election successful cardinal plaything states wherever Trump is popular.

Fox News Digital reached retired to 5 Democratic Senate candidates — Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Montana Sen. Jon Tester, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey and Arizona Senate campaigner Ruben Gallego — for remark connected Biden’s remarks.

"Tammy Baldwin does not work together pinch President Biden," Andrew Mamo, Tammy Baldwin's run spokesman, told Fox News Digital.

"Tammy is fighting for each Wisconsinites nary matter who they are aliases who they ballot for."

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President Biden was wide criticized for his "garbage" remark astir erstwhile President Trump's supporters. (Getty Images)

A Rosen spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "Sen. Rosen powerfully disagrees pinch disparaging anyone based connected who they ballot for. As 1 of nan astir bipartisan and independent senators, she useful difficult to find communal crushed crossed statement lines and correspond each Nevadans."

"Jon Tester doesn't work together pinch those comments and is proud to person nan support of Montanans of each governmental stripes, including those who are voting for Donald Trump," said Monica Robinson, spokesperson for Montanans for Tester.

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President Biden speaks astatine an predetermination run arena successful Pittsburgh Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

"Sherrod doesn’t work together pinch that and fights for each Ohioans, sloppy of who they ballot for," Brown run spokesperson Matt Keyes told Fox News Digital.

"I americium moving to correspond each Arizonans, sloppy of who they ballot for," Gallego told Fox News Digital successful a statement.

"Sen. Casey respects each Pennsylvanians sloppy of really they vote," Casey run spokesperson Maddy McDaniel told Fox News Digital.

Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, moving for Senate successful nan plaything authorities of Michigan, spoke in guidance of Biden's remark too. 

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"He shouldn’t person said it. It’s inappropriate," Slotkin said during an quality connected section power Wednesday morning. "For me, I conscionable deliberation that benignant of talk is nan past point we request successful our politics."

While each nan Democrats Fox News Digital reached retired to condemned Biden's "garbage" comment, immoderate person disparaged Trump supporters, including Gallego and Brown. Gallego antecedently called Trump supporters "dumb" and nan "worst group successful nan world." Brown accused Trump's supporters of "racism" and said it "works for them."

During a virtual Kamla Harris run telephone pinch Voto Latino, Biden took a swipe astatine erstwhile President Trump's rally astatine Madison Square Garden, which made headlines aft reproach comedian Tony Hinchiffe made jokes mocking different taste groups. In 1 joke, he referred to Puerto Rico arsenic a "floating land of garbage."

"The only garbage I spot floating retired location is his supporters," Biden said. "[Trump's] demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it is un-American."

Former President Trump, nan Republican statesmanlike nominee, arrives to a Q&A pinch Pastor Paula White astatine nan National Faith Advisory Summit Oct. 28, 2024, successful Powder Springs, Ga.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

His remarks were quickly likened to Hillary Clinton’s labeling of half of Trump supporters arsenic belonging successful "a handbasket of deplorables" successful 2016, a remark that was wide seen arsenic undermining her campaign.

The White House attempted to cleanable up Biden's remark.

White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich President Biden "referred to nan hateful rhetoric astatine nan Madison Square Garden rally arsenic ‘garbage.’"

"The president was referencing a joke by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe successful which he likened Puerto Rico to an land of floating ‘garbage’ successful nan mediate of nan ocean," he said.

"So conscionable to clarify, he was not calling Trump supporters garbage, which is why he put this retired and is why he wanted to make judge that we put retired a connection that clarified what he meant and what he was trying to say. And, so, conscionable want to make that very clear for folks who are watching," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Wednesday.

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VP Kamala Harris distanced herself from Biden's remarks Tuesday.

"I deliberation that, 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 said.

Fox News Digital's Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report