WI Sen. Baldwin Has Sudden Change Of Heart On Trump Voters

Wisconsin’s far-left senator doesn’t want anything to do with President Joe Biden’s trash talk about Trump supporters. 

Perhaps a tight reelection bid in a battleground state has something to do with Sen. Tammy Baldwin distancing herself from the politically moribund president’s incendiary comments. 

Biden made the disparaging remarks Tuesday at a Hispanic voter activist event. He took aim at comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke at former President Donald Trump’s New York City campaign rally in which Hinchcliffe referred to Puerto Rico as an “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.

While the White House feebly attempted to “clarify” Biden’s Hillary Clinton-style insult of half of the electorate, video shows the octogenarian gaffe machine doing what he does best. 

Vice President Kamala Harris, who replaced Biden as the Democrats’ presidential nominee after liberals suddenly realized that the president is a cognitive dumpster fire who would cost them the election, attempted to distance herself from the comments.  

“He clarified his comments but, let me be clear, I strongly disagree with any criticism based on who they vote for,” Harris told reporters Wednesday, hours after delivering her Trump-villifying “closing arguments” Tuesday evening near the White House. 

A Tale of Two Tammys?

Wisconsin’s junior senator does “not agree with President Biden,” according to her campaign. 

“Tammy is fighting for all Wisconsinites no matter who they are or who they vote for,” said Andrew Mamo, spokesman for Tammy Baldwin for Senate, in a statement to The Federalist. 

Baldwin’s Republican opponent, Madison businessman Eric Hovde, reminded Badger State voters that the leftist senator has previously shared Biden’s point of view. 

Eight years ago, Baldwin accused Trump voters of failing a “moral test” in supporting the Republican presidential candidate. 

“Donald Trump might be one of the most offensive and hateful and unacceptable presidential candidates we’ve ever had,” Baldwin proclaimed in a June 2016 speech to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, as the Free Beacon reported. “So what does that say about the people who support him?”

“The President of the United States and the Junior U.S. Senator from Wisconsin both CAN’T STAND half of Wisconsin’s voters. It’s time for change,” Hovde wrote on his X account. 

Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Brian Schimming said Biden and Baldwin “admitted out loud” what Republicans have long known. 

“Democrats in Washington look down on working families, expecting their support in exchange for nothing better than empty promises of unity and positive vibes,” Schimming said in a statement. “From ‘cling to guns or religion‘ to calling political opponents ‘deplorables‘ and ‘garbage’, their disdain for half the country is undeniable and will be their undoing on Election Day.” 

Baldwin, a two-term senator, leads Hovde by a slim 2 percentage points (49 percent to 47 percent), according to the latest battleground poll from CNN and SSRS. The incumbent leads the money chase, with Democrat ad spending on the race since Labor Day at $55.8 million compared to $48.5 million by Republicans, according to Politico. Cook Political Report rates the race a toss-up, a potentially huge get for Republicans who stand a good chance of taking control of the Senate. 

“Baldwin’s polling lead in the race has shrunk in recent weeks, prompting some concern from Democrats. The presidential race will also have a significant impact in this state,” Politico opined.  

The latest RealClearPolitics average of polls shows Harris with a razor-thin 0.2 percent advantage over Trump in Wisconsin. 

Rep. Mark Pocan, a firebrand Madison leftist, did not return The Federalist’s request seeking comment on Biden’s berating of Trump supporters. Neither did Rep. Gwen Moore, a far-left Democrat who represents Milwaukee. Both congressional seats are solidly blue. 

The campaign for Peter Barca, a Democrat running against Wisconsin 1st Congressional District Rep. Bryan Steil, also did not return a request for comment. 

Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.