White House Uses a Punctuation Trick in Attempt to Cover Up Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Attack on Trump Supporters
In a recent attempt to clarify President Joe Biden’s controversial remarks, the White House faced backlash after Biden referred to Donald Trump’s supporters as “garbage” during a Zoom call with Voto Latino’s Maria Theresa Kumar. This comment came in response to a joke made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe about Puerto Rico, which Biden used to insult Trump’s supporters instead. The original statement sparked outrage, with many interpreting it as a direct attack on a significant portion of the American populace.
Following the uproar, the White House altered the official transcript by adding an apostrophe to suggest Biden was referring only to “his supporter’s” garbage, an attempt many criticized as disingenuous. Critics, including commentators and social media users, rejected this narrative, stating that it was evident Biden was indeed calling Trump supporters “garbage.” MSNBC’s host Jonathan Lemire tried to argue that Biden’s statement was taken out of context, but this defense did not resonate well with observers who felt the context was clear.
the incident highlights the ongoing tensions and challenges in political communication, especially in the polarized landscape of American politics. The situation has led to intense discussions and scrutiny over the implications of such remarks from a sitting president.
The White House is scrambling to cover for President Joe Biden’s tactless remarks in which he called former President Donald Trump’s supporters — that’s half the country at least — “garbage.”
While on a Zoom call with Voto Latino President and co-founder Maria Theresa Kumar on Tuesday evening, Biden addressed Trump’s massive rally that took place on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The president decided to hop on the bandwagon in feigning outrage over a joke comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made about Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”
Biden took the language used by Hinchcliffe to insult Americans who back Trump.
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,” Biden said.
In the White House transcript of the call, an apostrophe can now be found in the statement, making it read as follows: “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter’s.”
The implication is that Biden was referring to Hinchcliffe’s words — not to Trump voters. It’s an interpretation that doesn’t pass the smell test.
The clip of Biden speaking can be seen here. The viewer can surely discern what the president actually meant.
WATCH: President Joe Biden: “The only garbage I see floating out there is [Trump] supporters.” pic.twitter.com/9teSUOytqC
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) October 30, 2024
MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire tried to keep the White House narrative intact by posting on social media platform X that Biden’s quote was “being taken out of context” with a screenshot of the transcript.
The full Biden quote from the Zoom tonight, which is being taken out of context: pic.twitter.com/fHT9PvVjiO
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) October 30, 2024
“Andrew,” the political commentator at the Don’t Walk, Run! site on YouTube, noted the irony in Lemire’s defense of the Biden White House distortion of the truth, as Lemire authored a book titled, “The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020.”
The author of “The Big Lie” sure knows how to lie big for the Democrats. I know; You’re shocked.
— Andrew @ Don’t Walk, RUN! (@DontWalkRUN) October 30, 2024
There were plenty of other social media users who weren’t fooled by the apostrophe trick.
The official White House transcript needs to be immediately corrected. Notice the use of the apostrophe in the transcript
Joe Biden’s words were clear that he was stating Trump’s supporters were the garbage
Not Biden discussing Trump’s supporter’s garbage floating around pic.twitter.com/xDyyHZsZ53
— Kylie Jane Kremer (@KylieJaneKremer) October 30, 2024
I don’t know what is more insulting, that Biden called half the country garbage, or that the White House tried to cover it up with an apostrophe. They must really think the American People are idiots. #TrumpVance2024
— ❤~Stefie #NYGiants~❤ #YANKEES (@stefiegirlNYG) October 30, 2024
“51 Intelligence Agency Grammarians Agree There Is An Apostrophe In Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Statement.”
* NY Times headline tomorrow, probably
— Cruadin (@cruadin) October 30, 2024
How does anyone hear what Biden says in the clip above and determine he isn’t doing anything but calling Trump supporters “garbage?”
The White House version doesn’t make sense in any “context” to quote Lemire.
It’s as simple as what can be heard – Trump supporters are garbage. That’s what Biden said. It’s what he meant.
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