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I think Biden was trying to describe the speaker's comment, not all Trump supporters, as garbage
New York Magazine writer Jonathan Chait added
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Biden just called half of America ‘garbage.
Elon Musk, the Trump-supporting Tesla and SpaceX chief, addedHowever you interpret his words, he wasn’t able to do that,
wrote Leah McElrathWhen Joe wakes up and wonders why his intern tweeted this — we will leave this here as a reminder.
Trump's campaign social media account posted the video and commentedWe are not garbage, we are patriots, we love America.
He addedPlease forgive him, for he not knoweth what he said,
joked Trump
President Trump is backed by Latinos, Black voters, union workers, angel moms, law enforcement officers, border patrol agents, and Americans of all faiths — and Harris, Walz, and Biden have labeled these great Americans as fascists, Nazis, and now, garbage,
said Karoline Leavitt, Trump campaign national press secretary
Donald Trump has no character,
Biden declared
Holy s***. The media spent all week crying about a joke from a comedian. Meanwhile, Tim Walz called Trump supporters Nazis. Kamala Harris refused to condemn it. And now Kamala's biggest Democrat ally, Joe Biden, is calling all Trump supporters "garbage." Absolutely disgusting!!!
Donald Trump Jr. wrote
A mother mourning her son who died of a fentanyl overdose is not garbage. A truck driver who can't afford rising diesel prices is not garbage. A father who wants to afford groceries is not garbage. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden ought to be ashamed of themselves,
wrote vice presidential candidate J.D. VanceDonald Trump is not only the right choice for the Puerto Rican people, he is the right choice for America,
said Tim Ramos, a former candidate for Allentown mayorNobody loves our Latino community, our Puerto Rican community, more than me,
Trump saidThe president was referencing a joke by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe in which he likened Puerto Rico to an island of floating ‘garbage’ in the middle of the ocean,
he saidThere's no way to spin it: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris don't just hate President Trump, they despise the tens of millions of Americans who support him,
she wrote in a releaseWell, I think President Biden will decide what he wants to say. It's certainly not words that I would choose, and I think it's important that we remain focused on the contrast between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and not attacking supporters of either candidate."
When asked whether Biden should clarify his comment, Shapiro repliedI would never insult the good people of Pennsylvania or any Americans even if they chose to support a candidate that I didn’t support,
Shapiro told CollinsAnd I'm convinced he likes me more than he likes Kamala,
Trump quipped
The White House is trying to say that what President Biden was saying, they're putting an apostrophe there in 'supporter's' saying it's the singular, I guess, referring to the comedian? That 'supporter's' comments?"
Collins told ShapiroI mean, it's hard to really look at that when you can listen to it for yourself,
Collins addedI had not heard that until now Kaitlin, so I'm kind of giving you my fresh reaction to it,
he told CNN's Kaitlan Collins