Walz denies that Biden’s ‘garbage’ comments undermine Harris’ unity message

Democratic Vice Presidential campaigner Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., denied that President Biden’s caller comments calling Trump supporters "garbage" undermine nan Harris campaign’s connection of "unity."

CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil confronted Walz connected Biden’s Tuesday evening remarks during a Wednesday greeting interview, asking Vice President Harris’ moving mate whether nan "garbage" statement – mixed pinch nan history of different salient Democrats ridiculing blimpish voters – conflict pinch Harris’ entreaty for unity arsenic predetermination time nears.

"No, surely not," Walz replied, elsewhere denying that Biden was speaking astir Trump supporters astatine large, and alleging nan president was only referring to nan comedian who made an off-color joke astir Puerto Rico during erstwhile President Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally Sunday night.

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Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., told CBS News this week that President Bidens "garbage" comments do not undermine nan Harris campaigns connection of "unity." (Screenshot/CBS News)

Biden sewage himself and nan Harris run into basking h2o connected Tuesday nighttime when, successful retaliation for roast comic Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke astir nan U.S. territory being a "floating land of garbage," nan president appeared to telephone Trump supporters "garbage."

"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 during a virtual telephone pinch Latino voters for nan Harris campaign.

The White House insisted that Biden had said, "Trump supporter’s" alternatively than "Trump supporters," though Dokoupil presented it arsenic nan second erstwhile confronting Walz astir it.

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The news anchor pressed Walz: "I want to get your guidance to nan president’s comments, but I want to put successful a larger discourse of your caller remark comparing nan Sunday Trump rally to a Nazi rally, and I besides would besides propulsion successful location Obama’s bitter clingers, guns and belief remark from a while back, nan deplorable statement from Hillary Clinton’s campaign, and nan measurement that Democrats are seen by immoderate voters arsenic disrespecting them."

After mounting up nan context, he asked, "Does that undercut this closing connection of unity from your campaign?"

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Walz denied that it takes distant from their positive, uplifting run taxable and went connected to opportunity that he has "represented agrarian areas. I’ve represented Democrats, Republicans, Independents – same point pinch nan vice president."

He continued, insisting that Harris’ reside successful Washington, D.C. Tuesday represents "the champion of America, 1 that’s talking astir unifying us, 1 that’s talking astir bringing folks to nan table, 1 that – nan American contented of disagreeing and debating but still doing truthful successful a respectable manner."

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Walz past insisted that Biden was not referring to each Trump supporters arsenic "garbage" but conscionable Hinchcliffe for utilizing divisive rhetoric connected behalf of Trump. 

"I deliberation President Biden was very clear that he’s speaking astir nan rhetoric we heard, truthful it doesn’t undermine it," he added.