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.”
This is disgusting. Kamala Harris and her boss Joe Biden are attacking half of the country.
