JD Vance slammed President Biden for calling Donald Trump supporters “garbage” — saying nan commandant and main and his vice president, Kamala Harris, “ought to beryllium ashamed of themselves.”
Trump’s moving mate snapped backmost soon aft Biden made his shocking, wide condemned comment during a run call at nan White House Tuesday.
“A mother mourning her boy who died of a fentanyl overdose is not garbage,” Vance wrote successful a now-viral retort seen much than 2.4 cardinal times by Wednesday morning.
“A motortruck driver who can’t spend rising diesel prices is not garbage. A begetter who wants to spend groceries is not garbage.
“Kamala Harris and Joe Biden ought to beryllium ashamed of themselves,” he wrote.
Biden called Trump’s supporters “garbage” while rebuking comedian Tony Hinchcliffe for joking astatine Trump’s mega rally astatine Madison Square Garden connected Sunday that Puerto Rico is simply a “floating land of garbage.”
“The only garbage I spot floating retired location is his supporters,” Biden said during a run telephone Tuesday.
Earlier Tuesday night, Trump called Biden’s remark “terrible” — saying it was worse than erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling his supporters “deplorable” successful nan lead-up to nan 2016 election.
In a transcript of Biden’s comments provided by nan White House, his squad tried to explain location was meant to beryllium an apostrophe successful “supporters.”
“The only garbage I spot floating retired location is his supporter’s — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American,” nan transcript read.
Biden himself quickly jumped connected societal media to explain nan remarks.
“Earlier coming I referred to nan hateful rhetoric astir Puerto Rico spewed by Trump’s protagonist astatine his Madison Square Garden rally arsenic garbage — which is nan only connection I tin deliberation of to picture it. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That’s each I meant to say,” he wrote connected X.