{"id":2361281,"date":"2024-10-29T21:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T01:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-closing-argument-for-harris-trump-voters-are-garbage\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T21:49:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T01:49:33","slug":"bidens-closing-argument-for-harris-trump-voters-are-garbage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-closing-argument-for-harris-trump-voters-are-garbage\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Closing Argument For Harris: Trump Voters Are Garbage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-closing-argument-for-harris-trump-voters-are-garbage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2361281&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent address, President Joe Biden\u2063 made a controversial statement regarding supporters of Donald Trump, suggesting\u2062 that anyone\u200d who backs Trump is &#8220;human garbage.&#8221; This remark came during discussions related to the Hispanic community, where Biden criticized \u2064Trump for lacking character and concern for\u2063 Latino issues. \u2062He referenced a joke from a Trump rally that disparaged Puerto Rico, using it to further characterize Trump supporters negatively. <\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s comments \u2063have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-house-republicans-voted-to-impeach-trump-heres-where-they-stand-today\/\" title=\"10 House Republicans Voted to Impeach Trump: Here\u2019s Where They Stand Today\">drawn significant criticism<\/a>, with observers noting that they resemble past remarks by Hillary Clinton,\u200c who referred to Trump supporters as &#8220;deplorables&#8221; during the \u20642016 \u200belection. Analysts argue that such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-declares-victory-over-us-in-un-address-hailing-new-international-order\/\" title=\"Iran claims victory over US in UN speech, celebrates new &#039;global order&#039;.\">rhetoric reflects<\/a> a broader trend of \u200bdemonizing political opponents, a strategy that may backfire, especially as elections approach. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-courts-new-gag-order-decision-ties-one-hand-behind-trumps-back-as-biden-tees-off\/\" title=\"NY Court&#039;s Gag Order Limits Trump as Biden Takes Initiative\">article implies<\/a> that \u2063Biden&#8217;s remarks indicate a campaign\u2062 desperate to win by diminishing the opposition rather than \u2063focusing on constructive dialogue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Deb_Haaland,_U.S._Department_of_the_Interior_visit_Gila_River_Indian_Community_in_Arizona_in_October_2024_13.jpg\">U.S. Department of the Interior\/Wikimedia Commons<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/29\/bidens-closing-argument-for-kamala-harris-all-of-trumps-voters-are-human-garbage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Biden%E2%80%99s%20Closing%20Argument%20For%20Kamala%20Harris:%20All%20Of%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20Voters%20Are%20Human%20Garbage&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/29\/bidens-closing-argument-for-kamala-harris-all-of-trumps-voters-are-human-garbage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Biden%E2%80%99s%20Closing%20Argument%20For%20Kamala%20Harris:%20All%20Of%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20Voters%20Are%20Human%20Garbage&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/29\/bidens-closing-argument-for-kamala-harris-all-of-trumps-voters-are-human-garbage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/29\/bidens-closing-argument-for-kamala-harris-all-of-trumps-voters-are-human-garbage\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Biden%E2%80%99s%20Closing%20Argument%20For%20Kamala%20Harris:%20All%20Of%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20Voters%20Are%20Human%20Garbage&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/29\/bidens-closing-argument-for-kamala-harris-all-of-trumps-voters-are-human-garbage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Joe Biden has landed on his closing argument for why Americans should elect Kamala Harris as the next president. That is, anyone who supports Donald Trump is human scum. <\/p>\n<p>The moment came during remarks the president gave on Tuesday while discussing the Hispanic community in America. In a video posted to X by NBC News Senior White House Correspondent Gabe Gutierrez on Tuesday night, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gabegutierrez\/status\/1851407148535750873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> Trump &ldquo;has no character and &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t give a damn about the Latino community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-555755e17ef45d00be0debe9eb28d268 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-555755e17ef45d00be0debe9eb28d268\"><\/div>\n<p>The president referenced a joke told at Trump&rsquo;s Madison Square Garden rally this past weekend, wherein comedian Tony Hinchcliffe <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/leahbarkoukis\/2024\/10\/28\/trump-campaign-responds-to-puerto-rico-joke-n2646865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poked fun<\/a> at Puerto Rico&rsquo;s trash problem by referring to the territory as a &ldquo;floating island of garbage.&rdquo; While speaking of the incident, Biden referred to Americans who support Trump as &ldquo;garbage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[J]ust the other day, a speaker at [Trump&rsquo;s] rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage. &hellip; The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,&rdquo; the president said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"wYuvdtKPLabGz4hkVBClSNMfHeOn2R69UiTqs5\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&rsquo;s the video: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7hNp3su8k2\">pic.twitter.com\/7hNp3su8k2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gabe Gutierrez (@gabegutierrez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gabegutierrez\/status\/1851428125210558649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Joe Biden is calling half the country garbage while his running mate Kamala Harris is calling everyone who opposes her a fascist,&rdquo; Federalist CEO Sean Davis <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1851418339739889945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X. &ldquo;This is not the behavior of a winning campaign. This is the behavior of a campaign that hates the voters it knows will crush Harris in a week.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s remarks followed a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">days-long campaign<\/a> by Democrats and their media allies to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/29\/the-social-stigma-of-being-a-trump-supporter-is-gone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">smear<\/a> Trump and his supporters as the second coming of the Third Reich. As my colleague Logan Washburn noted, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/28\/corporate-media-incite-further-violence-by-calling-joyful-trump-rally-nazi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grotesque attacks<\/a> mirror the unhinged rhetoric coming from Harris and her flailing campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-761efde2f005bcbea7976f9334599250 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-761efde2f005bcbea7976f9334599250\"><\/div>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s insult to millions of Americans who have and will vote for Trump next week bears a striking resemblance to comments issued by Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election. The then-Democrat presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2018\/03\/15\/democrats-should-beg-hillary-clinton-to-stop-smearing-trump-supporters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">referred<\/a> to Trump supporters as &ldquo;deplorables.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s remarks are unsurprising, however, given his open hostility towards Americans who refuse to support his and Harris&rsquo; authoritarian administration, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/13\/this-week-in-lawfare-land-jack-smith-takes-another-run-at-trump-before-the-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weaponized<\/a> the justice system to target Trump and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/24\/pro-life-dad-raided-by-bidens-fbi-is-on-trial-this-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conservatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the Delaware Democrat gave a speech while flanked by members of the U.S. military in which he all but <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/02\/bidens-declaration-of-war-on-half-the-country-is-a-cynical-election-ploy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> Trump supporters as existential threats to the republic. As Joseph Lobue previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/25\/biden-cant-deny-responsibility-for-our-so-so-so-divided-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> in these pages, Harris openly defended such remarks from Biden, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/first-read\/kamala-harris-calls-domestic-threats-dangerous-harmful-rcna47177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saying<\/a>, as NBC reported in 2022, &ldquo;there are moments in time when we have to also agree, all good people who care about our country, that there are those who right now are vividly not defending our democracy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8375a77d267cae9dbdfe2e749bc5ac1b fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8375a77d267cae9dbdfe2e749bc5ac1b\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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