{"id":120169,"date":"2024-10-30T19:35:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T12:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120169"},"modified":"2024-10-30T19:35:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T12:35:46","slug":"biden-clarifies-garbage-comment-after-fresh-us-election-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120169","title":{"rendered":"Biden clarifies &#8216;garbage&#8217; comment after fresh US election row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Watch: Joe Biden\u2019s \u2018garbage\u2019 comment after Puerto Rico row<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">President Joe Biden has tried to clarify comments that triggered a fresh row, after he was accused of calling supporters of Donald Trump &#8220;garbage&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He was responding to comic Tony Hinchcliffe who sparked controversy by calling Puerto Rico, a US territory, an &#8220;island of garbage&#8221; during a Trump rally on Sunday.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cThe only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,\u201d Biden was initially quoted as saying on Tuesday, prompting an angry Republican backlash.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The White House later released a transcript which included an apostrophe, and said the president was talking about the words of Hinchcliffe, and not all Trump supporters.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;The only garbage I see floating out there is (Trump&#8217;s) supporter\u2019s\u2026 his demonisation of Latinos is unconscionable, and it&#8217;s un-American,&#8221; the transcript reads.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Biden himself later addressed his video call with non-profit organisation Voto Latino, writing on X: &#8220;Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump&#8217;s supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage &#8211; which is the only word I can think of to describe it. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;His demonisation of Latinos is unconscionable. That&#8217;s all I meant to say. The comments at that rally don&#8217;t reflect who we are as a nation.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But Trump&#8217;s backers have seized upon the comments, making comparisons with a controversial remark by Hillary Clinton in 2016 during Trump&#8217;s first run for office, when she said half of Trump&#8217;s supporters were from a &#8220;basket of deplorables&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">As the war of words escalated, Trump himself suggested Kamala Harris &#8211; his rival for the White House &#8211; was running a &#8220;campaign of hate&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">During his campaign, Trump has repeatedly referred to his opponents as &#8220;the enemy from within&#8221; &#8211; rhetoric that Harris described as divisive.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Referring to the Biden comments, Trump said: &#8220;You can\u2019t lead America if you don\u2019t love the American people.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Madison Square Garden rally referenced by Biden &#8211; during which Hinchcliffe and others sparked offence with a range of comments &#8211; has now been defended by Trump as a &#8220;love fest&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He acknowledged that &#8220;somebody said some bad things&#8221; but said he did not think it was &#8220;a big deal&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He stopped short of issuing an apology demanded by prominent figures from the island itself, which is a US territory. A number of Republicans &#8211; including from neighbourhoods with strong Latino populations &#8211; were outraged. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In Philadelphia, in the key swing state of Pennsylvania, members of the 90,000-strong Puerto Rican population told the BBC they would not forget the joke.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Residents of Puerto Rico &#8211; a US island territory in the Caribbean &#8211; are unable to vote in presidential elections, but the large diaspora in the US can.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Hinchcliffe himself has defended his material, saying his critics &#8220;have no sense of humour&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Biden&#8217;s comments on the furore threatened to overshadow a rally on Tuesday evening by Kamala Harris, who is running for the White House as the Democratic nominee after Biden pulled out earlier in the contest. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Harris delivered what her campaign has called her &#8220;closing argument&#8221; in Washington DC &#8211; at the spot from which Trump spoke shortly before a riot by his supporters at the US Capitol building on 6 January 2021.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She urged voters to &#8220;turn the page on the drama and the conflict&#8221; in American politics.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/9d0f\/live\/0d1bd3c0-96b1-11ef-9260-19e6a950e830.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/9d0f\/live\/0d1bd3c0-96b1-11ef-9260-19e6a950e830.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/9d0f\/live\/0d1bd3c0-96b1-11ef-9260-19e6a950e830.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/9d0f\/live\/0d1bd3c0-96b1-11ef-9260-19e6a950e830.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/9d0f\/live\/0d1bd3c0-96b1-11ef-9260-19e6a950e830.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/9d0f\/live\/0d1bd3c0-96b1-11ef-9260-19e6a950e830.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/9d0f\/live\/0d1bd3c0-96b1-11ef-9260-19e6a950e830.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/9d0f\/live\/0d1bd3c0-96b1-11ef-9260-19e6a950e830.png.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"BBC banner graphic reads: &quot;More on US election 2024&quot;\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/0c07\/live\/4c46c960-96b1-11ef-90df-3f1823a91773.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/0c07\/live\/4c46c960-96b1-11ef-90df-3f1823a91773.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/0c07\/live\/4c46c960-96b1-11ef-90df-3f1823a91773.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/0c07\/live\/4c46c960-96b1-11ef-90df-3f1823a91773.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/0c07\/live\/4c46c960-96b1-11ef-90df-3f1823a91773.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/0c07\/live\/4c46c960-96b1-11ef-90df-3f1823a91773.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/0c07\/live\/4c46c960-96b1-11ef-90df-3f1823a91773.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/0c07\/live\/4c46c960-96b1-11ef-90df-3f1823a91773.png.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A BBC graphic advertises &quot;US Election Unspun: The newsletter that cuts out the noise around the presidential race&quot;\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher makes sense of the race for the White House in his twice weekly US Election Unspun newsletter. 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