House Republicans accuse White House of releasing 'false transcript' of Biden's 'garbage' remarks

EXCLUSIVE: House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer are accusing nan White House of releasing a mendacious transcript of President Biden’s remarks successful which he apparently referred to supporters of erstwhile President Donald Trump as "garbage," informing that nan revision could break nan Presidential Records Act. 

Fox News Digital obtained a missive Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Comer, R-Ky., sent to White House counsel Edward Siskel connected Wednesday day successful which they request records relating to nan remarks and nan transcript are preserved. 

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

"In little than 1 week, nan American group will find nan victor of nan 2024 statesmanlike election. They will take betwixt 2 candidates: President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. President Biden — marred by unpopular policies, scandal, and evident cognitive deterioration — has chosen not to prosecute a 2nd word successful office," they wrote. 

"President Biden, however, has continued to play a salient domiciled successful Vice President Harris’s run and, indeed, is nan astir powerful mouthpiece for nan Biden-Harris Administration’s policies and views that Ms. Harris presumably seeks to proceed nether a hypothetical Harris-Walz Administration." 

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Stefanik and Comer pointed to Biden’s remarks Tuesday night, saying "Americans were rightfully insulted, then, erstwhile President Biden, seeking to boost Ms. Harris’ statesmanlike campaign, referred to an tremendous swath of nan state arsenic "floating…garbage."

"President Biden’s vindictive words were unsurprising, fixed his erstwhile statements regarding group who take not to ballot for his preferred candidate," they wrote. "Unsurprising excessively were nan White House’s actions aft he said them." 

Stefanik and Comer said nan White House, "instead of apologizing aliases clarifying President Biden’s words," sought to "change them (despite them being recorded connected video) by releasing a mendacious transcript of his remarks." 

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. (Getty Images)

"The move is not only craven, but it besides appears to beryllium successful usurpation of national law, including nan Presidential Records Act of 1978," they wrote. "White House unit cannot rewrite nan words of nan President of nan United States to beryllium much politically connected message." 

The missive comes aft President Biden said during a Zoom telephone pinch Voto Latino, 1 of nan largest Latino elector and civic outreach organizations successful nan U.S., connected Tuesday. Biden was asked astir a remark made Sunday during a Trump rally at Madison Square Garden successful which comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a "floating land of garbage."

Biden replied: "The only garbage I spot floating retired location is his supporters." 

The White House has since denied that Biden called Trump supporters "garbage" and claimed nan remark was taken retired of context.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y. (Faith and Freedom Coalition )

The White House, connected Wednesday, released a transcript of Biden’s remarks. 

The charismatic White House transcript reads: "The only garbage I spot floating retired location is his supporter’s — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American." 

White House lawman property caput Andrew Bates sought to explain Biden’s remarks, saying: "The president referred to nan hateful rhetoric astatine nan Madison Square Garden rally arsenic ‘garbage.’"

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And nan president tweeted successful nan aforesaid vein. 

"Earlier coming I referred to nan hateful rhetoric astir Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's protagonist astatine his Madison Square Garden rally arsenic garbage—which is nan only connection I tin deliberation of to picture it," Biden posted to 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." 

Now, Vice President Kamala Harris is seeking to region herself from nan remarks, but she's besides defending nan president, saying he "clarified his comments." 

President Biden delivers a reside astatine Dundalk Marine Terminal successful Baltimore.  (Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

"But fto maine beryllium clear, I powerfully disagree pinch immoderate disapproval of group based connected who they ballot for," Harris said.

Harris, referring to her Tuesday night speech from nan Ellipse near nan White House, reiterated connected Wednesday really voters will determine "who we are arsenic a federation and whether we are going to beryllium a federation of group who effort to unify and breakthrough this era of divisiveness, aliases are we going to beryllium a federation of group who person a president stewing successful nan Oval Office complete his enemies list."

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"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 people, 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."

The White House did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment. 

Vice President Kamala Harris, nan Democratic statesmanlike nominee, speaks during a run rally connected nan Ellipse Oct. 29, 2024, successful Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

In their missive to White House counsel, Stefanik and Comer wrote, "Though President Biden’s relevance continues to diminish, his words proceed to matter, moreover arsenic they go progressively divisive and erratic." 

Stefanik and Comer demanded nan White House "retain and sphere each documents and soul communications regarding President Biden’s connection and nan merchandise of nan inaccurate transcript." 

"We besides request that nan White House rumor a corrected transcript pinch nan meticulous words," they wrote. 

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Meanwhile, Trump, successful a rally successful North Carolina connected Wednesday, said Biden and Harris person "treated our full state for illustration garbage." 

"My consequence to Joe and Kamala is very simple: You can’t lead America if you don’t emotion Americans," Trump declared. "And you can’t beryllium president if you dislike nan American people, and there’s a batch of hatred there."