Donald Trump reversed course from his initial stance that his supporters forgive Joe Biden for calling them “rubbish”.

Biden responded to the comedian Tony Hinchliffe’s comments at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in which he called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Responding to the comments, Biden said: “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.”

A clip of his remark, made during a VotoLatino call, went viral and drew criticism from Trump voters. Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung was among them. compare has Hillary ClintonThe 2016 comment that “you could put half of Trump’s supporters in what I call the basket of deplorables.”

In a previous comment to News week“The president was referring to the ‘hateful rhetoric coming out of the Madison Square Garden rally,’ not Trump supporters,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said.

HAS a gathering Tuesday evening, Trump was briefed in real time on Biden’s comments.

“You did it, remember Hillary, she said deplorable, then she said irremediable, right?” » Trump said. “But she said deplorable, and it didn’t work. ‘Waste,’ I think, is worse, isn’t it? But he doesn’t know, you must please forgive him. S’ please, forgive him, for he does not know what he wants to say.”

However, around midnight on Tuesday, Trump appeared to contradict that sentiment with a message aboutformerly TwitterAnd Social truth.

He wrote, “You can’t lead America if you don’t love the American people.” Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have shown that they are both unfit to be president of the United States. »

The White House and the Harris campaign received emails for comment outside of working hours.

Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vancehas also been active on social media against Biden’s comments. In one message he said: “A mother who mourns her son who died of a fentanyl overdose is not trash. A truck driver who cannot afford rising diesel prices is not trash. A father who wants to pay his shopping is not trash.

“Kamala Harris and Joe Biden should be ashamed of themselves.”

In another he said: “It’s disgusting. Kamala Harris and her boss Joe Biden are attacking half the country. There is no excuse for this. I hope Americans reject it.”

Joe Biden too released a follow-up statement onstating: “Earlier today, I called the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by the Trump supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally trash – and that’s the only word I can think of to describe it. His demonization of Latinos is unacceptable. That’s all. I meant. The comments at this rally do not reflect who we are as a nation. »

Hinchliffe’s comments sparked backlash from Puerto Rican celebrities, including Bad Bunny, J-Lo and Ricky Martin who all supported Harris during their Instagram accounts after Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden.

Puerto Ricans in the swing state of Pennsylvania would be outraged by the comments.the nonpartisan Pennsylvania chapter of the Puerto Rican National Agenda urging its members to reject anti-Puerto Rican sentiment at the polls.

Despite criticism from detractors, Hinchliffe has seen an increase in his social media followers and subscribers to his YouTube account after his remarks at Trump’s rally in New York last weekend.

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