JD Vance Offended by Biden a Day After Complaining About Americans Getting Offended

Little more than a day after he failed to condemn comedian Tony Hinchcliffe calling Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage” during a Donald Trump rally, instead grumbling that Americans need to “stop getting so offended at every little thing,” JD Vance seems to be singing a different tune when it comes to comments made by Joe Biden. In a Zoom call with a Latino voter outreach group Tuesday, Biden slammed Trump over Hinchcliffe’s racist remark at his rally. “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters—his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American,” Biden said. “It’s totally contrary to everything we’ve done, everything we’ve been.” The apparent dig at the former president’s followers triggered uproar from Republicans, including the Republican vice-presidential nominee, who wrote in an X post, “This is disgusting. Kamala Harris and her boss Joe Biden are attacking half of the country. There’s no excuse for this. I hope Americans reject it.” Later, Biden would clarify in an X post that he meant to call the “hateful rhetoric,” rather than the supporters themselves, “garbage.”