{"id":2361315,"date":"2024-10-29T23:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T03:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-garbage-gaffe-ignites-fury-from-republicans-and-disagreement-from-democrats-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T23:08:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T03:08:06","slug":"bidens-garbage-gaffe-ignites-fury-from-republicans-and-disagreement-from-democrats-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-garbage-gaffe-ignites-fury-from-republicans-and-disagreement-from-democrats-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s &#8216;garbage&#8217; gaffe ignites fury from Republicans and disagreement from Democrats &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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-garbage-gaffe-ignites-fury-from-republicans-and-disagreement-from-democrats-washington-examiner%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=2361315&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>President Joe Biden&#8217;s recent statement calling\u200c Trump supporters \u2063&#8221;garbage&#8221; has sparked\u2064 outrage among\u200c Republicans and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">prompted \u200dmixed reactions<\/a> from Democrats. In an interview, \u2063Biden \u2063referred\u200c to the supporters of former President Donald Trump, saying, &#8220;The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.&#8221; This remark has \u2062drawn parallels to Hillary Clinton&#8217;s 2016 comments labeling \u200dTrump supporters as &#8220;deplorable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans quickly criticized Biden, framing his words as divisive\u200b and disrespectful\u2064 to \u2062a significant portion of the American population. Prominent figures, including Elon Musk, commented on the statement, \u2063emphasizing that it insults &#8220;half of America.&#8221; Republican leaders urged their counterparts to condemn Biden&#8217;s comments, likening the incident to previous dismissive remarks \u2063by Democratic leaders.<\/p>\n<p>On the Democratic side,\u200d some members distanced \u2063themselves from \u200bBiden&#8217;s statement. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Congressman Tom Suozzi publicly expressed disagreement with his characterization of Trump supporters. Biden&#8217;s remark\u200c has intensified the partisan divide\u200c and reignited debates\u200d about political rhetoric in the lead-up to the elections.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden&rsquo;s &lsquo;garbage&rsquo; gaffe ignites fury from Republicans and disagreement from Democrats<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1867915\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden's\">Joe Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> remark that Trump supporters are &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3208488\/biden-backlash-trump-supporters-garbage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden's\">garbage<\/a>&rdquo; drew the fury of Republicans and forced Democrats to respond as to whether they agreed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In an interview on Tuesday, Biden said, &ldquo;The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,&rdquo; referring to former President Donald Trump. The remarks were immediately seized on by Republicans, many of whom compared it to former State Secretary Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s infamous comment in 2016 when she decried Trump supporters as &ldquo;deplorable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats expressed disagreement with the statement, one of the first being Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), who appeared on CNN shortly after the comment was made.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biden attempts to clarify 'garbage' remark after backlash #shorts\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lfHZ874HFg8?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I had not heard that until now Kaitlin, so I&rsquo;m kind of giving you my fresh reaction to it,&rdquo; he told CNN&rsquo;s Kaitlan Collins. &ldquo;I would never insult the good people of Pennsylvania or any Americans even if they chose to support a candidate who I didn&rsquo;t support.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) told Gabe Kaminsky of the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that he didn&rsquo;t agree with Biden&rsquo;s comments.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In response to this, one congressman, Democrat Tom Suozzi, tells me &ldquo;No&rdquo; when asked whether he agrees with Biden that Trump supporters are &ldquo;garbage&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cx6aYgS81J\">https:\/\/t.co\/Cx6aYgS81J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gabe Kaminsky (@gekaminsky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gekaminsky\/status\/1851427851477696840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Republicans and Trump supporters, on the defensive for the past few days over insult comic Tony Hinchcliffe&rsquo;s joke about Puerto Rico at Trump&rsquo;s Madison Square Garden rally, quickly seized on the remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Biden just called half of America &lsquo;garbage,&#8217;&rdquo; Tesla CEO Elon Musk 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\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden just called half of America &lsquo;garbage&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N3VtLLdzwK\">https:\/\/t.co\/N3VtLLdzwK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1851437047145468217?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> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;This is Joe Biden&rsquo;s &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harriss-cat-ladies-pounce-on-vances-deplorables-moment-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris&#039;s cat ladies pounce on Vance&#039;s &#039;deplorables&#039; moment- Washington Examiner\">deplorables&#038;rsquo<\/a>; moment. The truth is Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, and House Democrats look down their nose at anyone who wants affordability, safe streets, and a secure border. Every House Democrat enabled Joe Biden&rsquo;s assault on the American Dream, and they must condemn the President&rsquo;s disgusting and divisive comments immediately.&rdquo; National Republican Congressional Committee communications director Jack Pandol <a href=\"https:\/\/nrcc.org\/2024\/10\/30\/nrcc-calls-on-house-democrats-to-condemn-biden-garbage-smear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Obama called us clingers. Hillary called deplorables. Kamala calls us fascists. And Biden just called us garbage,&rdquo; Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) said. &ldquo;They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t respect us &amp; don&rsquo;t want unity. But we do. We want to Make America Great Again. Our coalition is for ALL AMERICANS. And in 7 days, we will UNITE AMERICA.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Obama called us clingers.<br \/>Hillary called deplorables.<br \/>Kamala calls us fascists.<br \/>And Biden just called us garbage.<\/p>\n<p>They don&rsquo;t respect us &amp; don&rsquo;t want unity.<\/p>\n<p>But we do.<\/p>\n<p>We want to Make America Great Again.<br \/>Our coalition is for ALL AMERICANS.<br \/>And in 7 days, we will UNITE AMERICA. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lr82iq8h4X\">pic.twitter.com\/lr82iq8h4X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByronDonalds\/status\/1851427394206253289?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> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump was informed of the gaffe by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) while onstage at a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Trump appeared surprised by the news before joking that Biden probably didn&rsquo;t even know what he was saying.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Please forgive him, for he not knoweth what he said,&rdquo; Trump quipped.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m convinced he likes me more than he likes Kamala,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Biden attempted damage control following the outcry against the comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump&rsquo;s supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage&mdash;which is the only word I can think of to describe it,&rdquo; the president said. &ldquo;His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That&rsquo;s all I meant to say. The comments at that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-gives-kamala-harris-a-painful-reality-check-as-her-campaign-gets-underway\/\" title=\"New Poll Gives Kamala Harris a Painful Reality Check as Her Campaign Gets Underway\">rally don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t reflect who we are as a nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White House spokesman Andrew Bates issued a statement shortly after, saying that Biden was only referring to the rhetoric, publishing a transcript that put an apostrophe in &ldquo;supporter&rsquo;s,&rdquo; making it seem as though Biden was referring to a single supporter&rsquo;s garbage, that supporter being Hinchcliffe.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1867915\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1867915\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden&#8217;s &#8220;garbage&#8221; comment sparks outrage from Republicans and mixed reactions from Democrats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2361317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/biden-voting-delaware-oct-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,17568,3756],"class_list":["post-2361315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-gaffe","tag-republicans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/biden-voting-delaware-oct-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2361317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}