President Joe Biden has, for the first time, spoken about the comments and racist jokes made at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally Sunday. The president’s comment caused some sort of outrage among the supporters of the republican president late Tuesday.
Recall that at the event comedian Tony Hinchcliffe while speaking to supporters called the resident of Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage. After the comment, which has been seen to be offensive, was made, he went on to make other offensive and racist comments about Latinos and Black people.
While speaking on Tuesday on a video call for Latino voter outreach, Biden defended the Puerto Rican community with his comments suggesting that he was criticizing both the former president, the supporters and the comedian.
After the comments were made by the white house in an effort to give clarification and offer some damage control initiatives, the spokesman Andrew Bates, in a statement, noted that the comments made by the president were aimed at referring to the comments at the rally as garage.
In a statement from the white house, which was circulated around different locations, it was disclosed that the president was saying that Trump supporters were “garbage” but that he tripped over his lines and meant to say he was condemning Hinchcliffe’s remarks specifically.
The White House transcript stated that the other day, the other day, a speaker at a Trump rally called Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage. The statement further explained that the white house does not know the Puerto Ricans were referred to at the rally, noting that they’re good, decent, honourable people. The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters. It was further explained that the demonization of Latinos is excessive and it’s un-American. It’s contrary to everything we’ve done and been as a country.
In another clarification posted by the president on X, they explained that in an earlier comment, her spoke against the hateful comments and rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump’s supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage—which is the only word he can think of to condemn the actions. He further explained that is demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, which was the idea behind the comments that were made. The president further noted that the comments at that rally don’t reflect who we are as a nation.
Still, the controversy diverted attention away from what was supposed to be a big night for Vice President Kamala Harris, who was about to deliver her major “closing argument” speech at the Ellipse in Washington — the spot from which Trump delivered his speech before his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
On Tuesday night, Harris noted that it was time to turn the page on the drama, conflict, fear, and division. It is time for a new generation of leadership in America. She expressed her readiness for the white house and was ready to offer that leadership.
Instead, attention turned to Biden, with Republicans using his remarks to undermine the message of unity that Harris was conveying in her address.
In a reaction made by the president on X, a Trump co-campaign manager, Chris LaCivita, noted that Harris hates the people, and they hate the American spirit, too.
In another reaction, the running mate of the former president, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, stated that it was disgusting. Kamala Harris and her boss, Joe Biden, were attacking half of the country. He explained that there was an excuse for such action, urging them to reject it at the elections.
Another senior Trump campaign official stated that t when the campaign became aware of the comment, it acted quickly to get it in front of Trump, who was in the middle of his rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
It was seen that Senator Marco Rubio, who had already planned to go onstage, so a campaign hireling gave him a note containing Biden’s remark. Rubio then read it to Trump.
Trump stated that the comments were terrible. He further went on to speak on Hillary Clinton’s comments during the presidential campaign in 2016, when she said “half” of Trump’s supporters fit into a basket of deplorable. The comment was believed to have contributed to her loss in the election.
Trump stated that speaking on garbage made him think it was worse, but the president didn’t know that; he also asked the people to forgive him because he did not know what he had spoken about.
Governor. Josh Shapiro, Democratic Pennsylvania, when given Trump’s comments during his appearance on CNN on Tuesday, stated that it was the first time he had seen or heard them.
He noted that he would never insult the good people of Pennsylvania or any Americans, even if they chose to support a candidate I didn’t support. He challenged all individuals to remain focused on the contrast between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and not attack supporters of either candidate.
Earlier in the month, in an interview with Fox News, Harris asked Harris if she thought Trump supporters were. She noted that she would not make such comments about the American people. She went on to explain that anyone who listens to and watches Trump at any of his rallies is the one who tends to demean, belittle, and diminish the American people. According to her, he’s the one who talks about an enemy within, an enemy within, talking about the American people, suggesting he would turn the American military on the American people.
Efforts to speak with Harris’s campaign team were not productive, as they failed to respond to the messages sent to them
