White House seeks to play clean up after Biden calls Trump supporters 'garbage'

The White House attempted to locomotion backmost President Biden's comments aft nan president unleashed a firestorm aft calling Trump supporters "garbage."

During a virtual Vice President Kamla Harris run telephone pinch Voto Latino, Biden took a swipe astatine erstwhile President Trump's rally successful Madison Square Garden, which made headlines aft reproach comedian Tony Hinchiffe made jokes mocking different taste groups, pinch 1 joke referring 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."

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.

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Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks during a run rally astatine The PPL Center connected October 29, 2024, successful Allentown, Pennsylvania.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images))

White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich that 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.

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The White House earlier told NBC News that nan president was referring to Hinchcliffe.

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Later, Biden tried to further explain his comments, saying that he was denouncing Hinchicliffe's comments – not Trump supporters.

"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."

Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks astatine a run rally astatine The PPL Center connected October 29, 2024 successful Allentown, Pennsylvania. With 1 week until Election Day, Trump is campaigning for re-election successful nan battleground authorities of Pennsylvania. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Speaking astatine a run arena pinch Trump connected Tuesday in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) picked up Biden's remark arsenic "breaking news" and told Trump supporters that Biden had marginalized a immense number of mundane Americans arsenic "garbage."

Trump Campaign National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said successful a connection that Biden and Harris "despise nan tens of millions" who support him.

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"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," she wrote successful a release. 

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro looks connected arsenic U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks pursuing a briefing connected Interstate-95 road emergency repair and reconstruction efforts, successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, connected June 17, 2023.  (Julia Nikhinson / AFP) (Photo by JULIA NIKHINSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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Backlash from nan comments came from some sides of nan aisle, pinch Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro condemning Biden's remarks.

"I’m giving you my caller guidance to it," he told Fox News Radio Political Analyst Josh Kraushaar connected Tuesday. "I would ne'er reproach nan bully group of Pennsylvania aliases immoderate Americans moreover if they chose to support a campaigner that I didn’t support."

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Fox News Digital's Joseph Wulfsohn contributed to this report.