Former President Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden’s remarks calling Trump supporters “garbage.” Biden’s comments were made on a Latino outreach call and in response to a controversial joke made by a comedian at a Trump rally. Trump capitalized on the incident during rallies in North Carolina and Wisconsin. Trump and his campaign accused Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of demonizing their supporters, while Biden insisted his comments were directed at the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico at the Trump rally. The White House clarified that Biden was not calling Trump’s supporters “garbage.” The incident provided Trump with a distraction from criticism over the crude remarks made at the Trump rally. The controversy surrounding Biden’s comments allowed Trump to flip the script, similar to how he used Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” comment to his advantage in 2016. Trump’s campaign planned to use Biden’s remark aggressively to hit Democrats leading up to Election Day. Biden’s comments also overshadowed a rally by Harris and forced her to distance herself from them, stating that she disagreed with any criticism of people based on who they vote for.
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