{"id":2361351,"date":"2024-10-30T00:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T04:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-saves-trump-from-puerto-rico-uproar-with-garbage-remark-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T00:56:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T04:56:30","slug":"biden-saves-trump-from-puerto-rico-uproar-with-garbage-remark-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-saves-trump-from-puerto-rico-uproar-with-garbage-remark-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden saves Trump from Puerto Rico uproar with \u2018garbage\u2019 remark &#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\">26<\/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%2Fbiden-saves-trump-from-puerto-rico-uproar-with-garbage-remark-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=2361351&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 \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-swedish-voters-finally-waking-up-to-europes-immigration-fiasco\/\" title=\"Are Swedish Voters Finally Waking Up To Europe\u2019s Immigration Fiasco?\">recent political event<\/a>, President Joe Biden inadvertently \u2062shifted the spotlight away from former President Donald Trump \u2063during a controversy over \u200cremarks made \u200dat a Trump rally \u200dregarding Puerto Rico. At an event in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Biden criticized\u2064 Trump supporters,\u200c referring to them as &#8220;garbage&#8221; while\u2063 defending Puerto Ricans against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-swift-endorses-kamala-harris-with-childless-cat-lady-swipe-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris with &#039;childless cat lady&#039; swipe - Washington Examiner\">derogatory comments made<\/a> by a comedian \u2063at Trump&#8217;s rally. This comment drew immediate backlash from Republicans,\u200c who compared it to Hillary Clinton&#8217;s infamous &#8220;basket of deplorables&#8221; remark\u2064 from 2016. Trump&#8217;s campaign seized this opportunity to \u2064deflect attention \u200cfrom his own\u2064 controversies, positioning himself as a defender \u200bof Latino communities, particularly\u2062 in \u200dswing states like Pennsylvania where Puerto Rican voters are significant. As the political tension escalated, \u200dboth candidates used the\u2064 incident to bolster their \u200cnarratives, with Trump \u200cmocking Biden&#8217;s mental acuity and\u2062 Biden attempting to\u2064 clarify his comments. this incident \u200cillustrates the complex and often \u2064tumultuous dynamics of the current \u200bpolitical \u200dclimate, especially as both parties gear up\u200c for the \u200cupcoming election.  <\/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 saves Trump from Puerto Rico uproar with &lsquo;garbage supporters&rsquo; remark<\/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_1868093\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania &mdash; <\/strong>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> gave former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> a reprieve from controversy on Tuesday when he called his supporters &ldquo;garbage,&rdquo; a misstep that threatens to consume Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> candidacy in the final days of the race.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Since Sunday, Trump had faced scrutiny over a comic who called Puerto Rico a &ldquo;floating island of garbage&rdquo; at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3204514\/trump-showman-new-york-madison-square-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Madison Square Garden<\/a> rally.<\/p>\n<p>Trump planned to use an event in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as a form of damage control as he featured Puerto Rican speakers who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">delivered equally flattering remarks<\/a> about the island territory.<\/p>\n<p>But the event was instantly overshadowed when Biden decided to weigh in on the comic&rsquo;s remarks. In a call organized by a Latino advocacy group, he insulted Trump supporters as he defended Puerto Ricans as &ldquo;good, decent, honorable&rdquo; people.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,&rdquo; Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1851421311785959703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> on Tuesday. &ldquo;His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it&rsquo;s un-American. It&rsquo;s totally contrary to everything we&rsquo;ve done, everything we&rsquo;ve been.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The White House was quick to insist that Biden was referring to the comedian, not Trump supporters as a whole. Biden reiterated that sentiment in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1851436643498037614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">statement<\/a> on X shortly thereafter. But Republicans immediately equated the comment to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s &ldquo;basket of deplorables&rdquo; remark from 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just moments ago, Joe Biden stated that our supporters are garbage,&rdquo; Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said onstage at Trump&rsquo;s rally in Allentown. &ldquo;&hellip; I hope their campaign is about to apologize for what Joe Biden just said. We are not garbage. We are patriots who love America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The change of conversation could not have come at a better moment for Trump. His campaign had distanced itself from comic Tony Hinchcliffe, but Trump continued to be peppered with questions over whether he personally disavowed the comments.<\/p>\n<p>Trump simply told reporters on Tuesday that he did not know the comedian and had not arranged the speaking slot.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Hinchcliffe had insulted Puerto Ricans, in particular, posed a political liability to Trump. The Puerto Rican community makes up 6% of eligible voters in Pennsylvania, a swing state he must win to deny Harris the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Significant populations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/29\/trump-rally-puerto-rican-population-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reside<\/a> in swing states Georgia and Wisconsin as well.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Allentown has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/politics\/election\/trump-rally-allentown-lehigh-county-puerto-rico-20241028.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Puerto Rican population of about 34,000<\/a>, giving Trump a timely location to do damage control on Tuesday. His campaign invited four Latino speakers to the rally, each of whom urged the audience to vote for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump is not only the right choice for the Puerto Rican people, he is the right choice for America,&rdquo; said Tim Ramos, a former candidate for Allentown mayor.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, for his part, promised to protect the Catholic faith as president while predicting record support from Latinos on Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nobody loves our Latino community, our Puerto Rican community, more than me,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>As for Biden, Trump took a jab at his mental acuity as he learned about the &ldquo;garbage supporters&rdquo; comment from Rubio onstage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Remember Hillary? She said &lsquo;deplorable,&rsquo; and then she said &lsquo;irredeemable,&rsquo; right? But she said deplorable. That didn&rsquo;t work out,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;Garbage I think is worse, right?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But he doesn&rsquo;t know. You have to please forgive him. Please forgive him,&rdquo; Trump added, &ldquo;for he not knoweth what he said.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign sharpened its attack in a statement released after the rally ended, claiming that &ldquo;Joe Biden and Kamala Harris don&rsquo;t just hate President Trump, they despise the tens of millions of Americans who support him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s decision to comment on the controversy marks his latest misstep in a presidential race that is expected to be won on the margins. To date, Harris had largely avoided campaigning with him as she looks to separate herself from his agenda, while his verbal blunders were one cause for concern as Democrats pressured him to leave the presidential race over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Harris delivered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3207284\/ellipse-speech-kamala-harris-closing-argument\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"speech from the Ellipse\">speech from the Ellipse<\/a>, where Trump urged supporters to march toward the Capitol on Jan. 6. But her remarks, billed as her &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-seeks-to-rival-trumps-showmanship-with-star-studded-lineup-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris seeks to rival Trump&#039;s showmanship with star-studded lineup - Washington Examiner\">closing argument&#038;rdquo<\/a>; in the presidential race, were quickly replaced with headlines on Biden&rsquo;s comments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republicans quickly moved to press candidates up and down the ballot whether they agree with Biden&rsquo;s comment, while at least one top surrogate for Harris distanced himself from the remark.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would never insult the good people of Pennsylvania or any Americans even if they chose to support a candidate that I didn&rsquo;t support,&rdquo; Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) said when asked about the comment on CNN.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1868093\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1868093\"}});<\/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 supporters&#8221; comment helps Trump amid Puerto Rico controversy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2361352,"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\/trump-biden-garbage-supporters-puerto-rico-1024x592.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,5894,34892,3634],"class_list":["post-2361351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-politics","tag-puerto-rico","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/trump-biden-garbage-supporters-puerto-rico-1024x592.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361351","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\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2361352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}