Media Propagandists Launch Op To Hide Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Smear

Democrats and their media allies are in full-on damage control mode after Joe Biden referred to supporters of Donald Trump as “garbage.”

Not long after the president made the revolting comments Tuesday evening, left-wing propagandists masquerading as journalists went to work distorting Biden’s smear in an apparent attempt to limit its impact on Kamala Harris’ flailing presidential campaign. Needless to say, their whitewashing of the controversy is nothing short of incredible.

Politico’s Johnathan Lemire contributed to the the wave of dishonest coverage with an article on Tuesday night portraying the scandal as another “Republicans pounce!” incident. Titled, “Biden sparks a firestorm on the right over ‘garbage,’” Lemire claimed in the piece’s opening paragraph that Biden only “appeared” to call Trump supporters “garbage,” before immediately following with the note: “though the president and his aides vehemently denied that was his intention.”

The outlet’s “Politico Playbook” writers exemplified their blatant partisanship on Wednesday by expressing greater worry about the comment’s impact on Harris’ campaign than the the sitting president villifying half the country as human scum. They also dismissed Republicans’ concerns about the incendiary nature of Biden’s remarks.

“You can certainly debate whether the comment genuinely has the power to move votes in the final week or if it’s a Beltway media obsession kindled by people who just days ago were telling people we have to stop getting so offended all the time,” they wrote.

CBS News was quick to follow the lead of the White House, which apparently gramatically altered the transcript of Biden’s remarks to make it seem like the president didn’t publicly dehumanize Trump supporters. Known for allegedly distorting its “60 Minutes” interview with Harris, the outlet played word games with its headline, which reads, “‘Supporters’ or ‘supporter’s’? Biden comments about Trump ‘garbage’ rally anger the GOP.”

NPR Media Correspondent David Folkenflik decided to play doctor and mind reader for a day, telling his X followers he “listened to [Biden’s comments] several times” and came away with the conclusion that the president’s supposed “stutter” problem is to blame. Politico’s Lemire made a similar appeal.

“I think you have an octogenarian with a stutter for whom clarity is an increasing challenge,” Folkenfilk wrote. “Precisely why Biden was eased from race for reelection. Really don’t sense he’s calling Trump supporters garbage.”

The Washington Post also tried to downplay Biden’s “garbage” comment — which is on video — by effectively framing the smear as something that may or may not have happened. The “democracy dies in darkness” crowd ran with the headline, “White House, Trump campaign clash over whether Biden called Trump supporters ‘garbage.’” In the piece, reporter Patrick Svetik suggested, similarly to Folkenflik and Lemire, that the comment came as Biden “stumbled over his words” to disagree with a joke made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s during Trump’s Sunday Madison Square Garden rally.

Here’s how the Democrat propaganda outlet known as The New York Times characterized the matter: “Biden Appears to Insult Trump Supporters as ‘Garbage,’ but Quickly Tries to Clarify.”

“The View’s” Whoopi Goldberg took her outlandish commentary a step further, saying on Wednesday that Hillary Clinton was ultimately “right” when she called Trump supporters “deplorables” during the 2016 election.

Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood