Dem rep fires back at CNN host for comparing Biden’s ‘garbage’ line to comic's Puerto Rico joke

Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., ripped a CNN big Wednesday greeting for suggesting that President Biden’s caller "garbage" remark was a blunder adjacent to 1 comedian’s off-color Puerto Rico joke astatine erstwhile President Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally. 

Boyle, a personnel of nan House Budget Committee, slammed anchor Kasie Hunt’s constituent arsenic a "false equivalency" and insisted that nan president was simply referring to roast comic Tony Hinchcliffe, who made nan joke connected Sunday nighttime that Puerto Rico was a "floating Island of garbage."

"Well, let’s not do nan mendacious equivalency thing. I really publication nan transcript," he said, suggesting that location was much discourse revealing that Biden wasn’t referring to Trump voters generally.

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Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., fought pinch CNN anchor Kasie Hunt complete President Biden's caller "garbage" comments.

Biden made nan "garbage" remarks during a virtual Harris run telephone pinch Voto Latino connected Tuesday. In an effort to link pinch Latino voters who whitethorn person been offended by Hinchcliffe’s joke, Biden deed backmost astatine Trump’s guidelines successful retaliation for nan joke.

"The only garbage I spot floating retired location is his supporters," Biden said. "His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and it is un-American," he declared connected camera. A clip of his connection went viral and was condemned by nan Trump run and different salient conservatives.

Hunt wondered if it was a superior mistake. She began her conflict pinch Boyle, stating, "Congressman, of course, nan different personification who utilized nan word garbage successful a caller question and reply is President Biden, who had made a remark saying that Trump supporters were garbage."

Boyle trim in, declaring, "That’s not true."

The anchor continued, noting really nan White House came retired and clarified that Biden had said, "Trump supporter’s" alternatively than "Trump supporters." "Obviously, nan run has already seized connected it. Do you deliberation what President Biden said is helpful?"

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President Biden referred to Trump supporters arsenic "garbage" during a virtual Harris run call. (Screenshot/CNN)

Boyle replied by accusing Hunt of making a "false equivalency" and disputed conservatives’ position of what Biden said. 

"I’m not trying to do mendacious equivalency, sir," nan anchor changeable back. As he tried to interject and past speak complete her, Hunt added, "I’m conscionable asking six days retired from a run if this is helpful."

Boyle continued, "He referred to nan speaker, meaning nan personification who was nan comedian who said this."

The lawmaker past went connected to telephone Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally a "festival of hate." 

"Frankly, it wasn’t conscionable nan 1 mean-spirited, vicious joke of a comedian that he decided to platform. There were galore different speakers arsenic good astatine Madison Square Garden astatine his last closing argument. Compare that to Kamala Harris, who successful her closing statement past night, said to her governmental opponents, she’s not going to threaten to jailhouse them arsenic Donald Trump has, she’s going to springiness them a spot astatine nan table."

The lawmaker added, "That’s astir apt why truthful galore Republicans, particularly successful nan suburbs of Philadelphia, are really supporting Kamala Harris successful this campaign."

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