Biden's 'garbage' remark being used by down-ballot GOP candidates in closing voter pitch

Republicans successful tight Senate races little than a week up of Election Day are pouncing connected President Biden calling supporters of erstwhile President Trump "garbage" successful a last push to rally support for down-ballot GOP races. 

Pennsylvania Republican Senate campaigner Dave McCormick released a run advertisement Wednesday showing video footage of Biden’s remarks, followed by footage of his incumbent competitor, Sen. Bob Casey, heaping praise connected Biden. 

"Donald Trump has nary character. He doesn’t springiness a damn astir nan Latino community," Biden said during a run telephone astatine nan White House Tuesday. "Just nan different day, a speaker astatine his rally called Puerto Rico a floating land of garbage.

"The only garbage I spot floating retired location is his supporters. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American." 

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Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate campaigner Dave McCormick greets supporters astatine nan Indigo Hotel during a superior predetermination nighttime arena May 17, 2022, successful Pittsburgh. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

The McCormick advertisement showed Biden’s remarks and video showing Casey praising Biden arsenic a man of unparalleled "integrity."

"Clean up their messiness connected Nov. 5. Vote Republican. Vote Dave McCormick," a voiceover successful nan advertisement says. 

Biden’s comments group disconnected a lightning large wind of criticism from Republicans nationwide, pinch immoderate comparing it to erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s "basket of deplorables" remark during a fundraiser during her grounded 2016 campaign, which was viewed arsenic apt undermining her campaign.

"We are not garbage. We are patriots who emotion America," Sen. Marco Rubio said astatine a Trump rally successful Allentown, Pennsylvania, Tuesday. 

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The White House has attempted to backtrack Biden’s comment, saying it was successful reference specifically to remarks made during Trump’s monolithic Madison Square Garden rally Sunday evening. Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, host of nan celebrated podcast "Kill Tony," sparked backlash aft he cracked a joke hours up of Trump taking nan shape astatine Madison Square Garden that Puerto Rico is simply a "floating land of garbage." 

The White House attempted to locomotion backmost nan president’s comments Tuesday evening. Administration spokesperson Andrew Bates told Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich Biden’s remark "referred to nan hateful rhetoric astatine nan Madison Square Garden rally arsenic ‘garbage.’"

Biden added successful a follow-up explanation connected X he was referring to nan comedian’s rhetoric, not Trump supporters crossed nan board. 

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro looks connected arsenic President Biden delivers remarks aft a briefing connected Interstate 95 road emergency repair and reconstruction efforts successful Philadelphia June 17, 2023.  (Julia Nikhinson/AFP via Getty Images)

"Earlier coming I referred to nan hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's supporters astatine his Madison Square Garden rally arsenic garbage — which is nan only connection I tin deliberation of to picture it," Biden wrote successful a station connected X. "His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That's each I meant to say. The comments astatine that rally don't bespeak who we are arsenic a nation."

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"Sen. Casey respects each Pennsylvanians sloppy of really they vote," Casey run spokesperson Maddy McDaniel told Fox News Digital erstwhile approached for remark astir McCormick’s ad.

McCormick believes Pennsylvania voters are realizing nan value of nan 2024 election. (Reuters I Associated Press)

The National Republican Senatorial Committee besides unleashed connected Biden’s comments, pointing to 4 Democrats successful tight races against Republican challengers — Montana Sen. Jon Tester, Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown and Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego, who is moving for nan Senate successful Arizona — for erstwhile antagonistic comments astir Trump supporters. 

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The NRSC compared Biden’s remarks to Baldwin saying successful 2016 that Republicans were failing a "moral test" for their Trump support and Gallego claiming successful 2016 that Trump’s run "drew retired nan worst group successful nan world." 

Former President Trump connected Fox News big Sean Hannity's show Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (Fox News)

"These Democrats person spent years attacking Donald Trump and his supporters arsenic deplorable and racist, moreover calling them ‘the worst group successful nan world.’ Now that they’re shamelessly pandering for support from Trump supporters, voters request to cognize if they will condemn Joe Biden’s disgusting remarks aliases autumn successful statement yet again," NRSC spokesperson Philip Letsou said successful remark astir nan 4 Democrats. 

The Trump run besides condemned nan remarks, claiming Biden and Vice President Harris not only "hate President Trump," they besides "despise" his millions of supporters. 

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"President Trump is backed by Latinos, Black voters, national workers, angel moms, rule enforcement officers, separator patrol agents and Americans of each faiths, and Harris, Walz and Biden person branded these awesome Americans arsenic fascists, Nazis and, now, garbage. There’s nary measurement to rotation it: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris don’t conscionable dislike President Trump, they despise nan tens of millions of Americans who support him. Kamala does not merit 4 much years. President Trump will beryllium a president for ALL Americans," Trump run nationalist property secretary Karoline Leavitt said successful comment. 

Former President Trump, nan Republican statesmanlike nominee, and Dave McCormick, Republican campaigner for U.S. Senate for Pennsylvania, shingle hands during a run arena successful Reading, Pa., Oc. 9, 2024. (REUTERS/Jeenah Moon)

McCormick joined "Fox & Friends" Wednesday, wherever he condemned Biden’s rhetoric and demanded an apology. 

"Any clip you telephone half of Americans garbage, because half nan organization is supporting President Trump, I deliberation this is nan benignant of divisive rhetoric that we request to get retired of politics. I deliberation it's terribly polarizing. And, so, not only has President Biden, Kamala Harris and Bob Casey had policies that person wounded much than half of Americans pinch skyrocketing prices, nan fentanyl crisis. Now, they're really showing disrespect for him. So I dream nan president will apologize for that," McCormick said while speaking to Fox News from a diner successful Gap, Pennsylvania, Wednesday. 

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"I deliberation it shows really they really consciousness astir group that support President Trump," he said. 

Harris besides distanced herself from Biden's remarks Wednesday, saying her last transportation reside to voters successful Washington, D.C., Tuesday reflected that she would govern each Americans if elected, nary matter their governmental party. 

"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.

"You heard my reside past nighttime and continuously passim my career," Harris said. "I judge that nan activity that I do is astir representing each nan group whether they support maine aliases not, and arsenic president of nan United States, I will beryllium a president for each Americans whether you ballot for maine aliases not."

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