Nevada’s Democrat Senate candidate is distancing herself from Joe Biden’s claim that tens of millions of Trump supporters are human “garbage,” The Federalist has learned.
While speaking on a virtual call with the left-wing Voto Latino on Tuesday night, the president claimed Donald Trump “has no character” and “doesn’t give a damn about the Latino community.” He also referenced a joke told at the GOP presidential nominee’s recent Madison Square Garden rally, in which a comedian referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”
“[J]ust the other day, a speaker at [Trump’s] rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage. … The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,” Biden said.
A statement posted to Biden’s X account not long after the event attempted to explain away the insult.
When pressed on whether she agrees with the president’s claim that Trump supporters are human garbage, a representative for Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen, who is running for reelection this cycle, told The Federalist the incumbent Democrat “strongly disagrees with disparaging anyone based on who they vote for,” and “works hard to find common ground across party lines and represent all Nevadans.”
Responding to Biden’s remarks on X, Rosen’s opponent, Republican Sam Brown, said the smear exemplifies “what DC elites think of [half of America],” and encouraged his followers to “VOTE them out” this fall.
“Tonight, Joe Biden called half of America ‘garbage,’” Brown wrote. “’Garbage’ because we believe in putting America First, securing our
