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President Biden sparked a political firestorm Tuesday after calling supporters of former President Trump “rubbish,” which may spell hassle for a number of incumbent Democratic senators working for re-election in key swing states the place Trump is widespread.
Fox News Digital reached out to 5 Democratic Senate candidates — Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Montana Sen. Jon Tester, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey and Arizona Senate candidate Ruben Gallego — for touch upon Biden’s remarks.
“Tammy Baldwin doesn’t agree with President Biden,” Andrew Mamo, Tammy Baldwin’s marketing campaign spokesman, informed Fox News Digital.
“Tammy is combating for all Wisconsinites irrespective of who they’re or who they vote for.”
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A Rosen spokesperson informed Fox News Digital, “Sen. Rosen strongly disagrees with disparaging anybody based mostly on who they vote for. As one of the vital bipartisan and unbiased senators, she works arduous to search out widespread floor throughout party traces and signify all Nevadans.”
“Jon Tester does not agree with these feedback and is proud to have the help of Montanans of all political stripes, together with those that are voting for Donald Trump,” mentioned Monica Robinson, spokesperson for Montanans for Tester.
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President Biden speaks at an election marketing campaign occasion in Pittsburgh Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
“Sherrod doesn’t agree with that and fights for all Ohioans, no matter who they vote for,” Brown marketing campaign spokesperson Matt Keyes informed Fox News Digital.
“I’m working to signify all Arizonans, no matter who they vote for,” Gallego informed Fox News Digital in a press release.
“Sen. Casey respects all Pennsylvanians no matter how they vote,” Casey marketing campaign spokesperson Maddy McDaniel informed Fox News Digital.
Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, working for Senate within the swing state of Michigan, spoke in opposition of Biden’s remark too.
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“He shouldn’t have mentioned it. It’s inappropriate,” Slotkin mentioned throughout an look on native radio Wednesday morning. “For me, I simply suppose that type of discuss is the very last thing we’d like in our politics.”
While all of the Democrats Fox News Digital reached out to condemned Biden’s “rubbish” remark, some have disparaged Trump supporters, together with Gallego and Brown. Gallego beforehand referred to as Trump supporters “dumb” and the “worst individuals on this planet.” Brown accused Trump’s supporters of “racism” and mentioned it “works for them.”
During a digital Kamla Harris marketing campaign name with Voto Latino, Biden took a swipe at former President Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden, which made headlines after insult comic Tony Hinchiffe made jokes mocking totally different ethnic teams. In one joke, he referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of rubbish.”
“The solely rubbish I see floating out there may be his supporters,” Biden mentioned. “[Trump’s] demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.”
Former President Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, arrives to a Q&A with Pastor Paula White on the National Faith Advisory Summit Oct. 28, 2024, in Powder Springs, Ga. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
His remarks have been rapidly likened to Hillary Clinton’s labeling of half of Trump supporters as belonging in “a basket of deplorables” in 2016, a remark that was extensively seen as undermining her marketing campaign.
The White House tried to scrub up Biden’s comment.
White House spokesperson Andrew Bates informed Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich President Biden “referred to the hateful rhetoric on the Madison Square Garden rally as ‘rubbish.’”
“The president was referencing a joke by comic Tony Hinchcliffe by which he likened Puerto Rico to an island of floating ‘rubbish’ in the midst of the ocean,” he mentioned.
“So simply to make clear, he was not calling Trump supporters rubbish, which is why he put this out and is why he wished to ensure that we put out a press release that clarified what he meant and what he was making an attempt to say. And, so, simply wish to make that very clear for folk who’re watching,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre informed reporters Wednesday.
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VP Kamala Harris distanced herself from Biden’s remarks Tuesday.
“I feel that, to begin with, he clarified his feedback, however let me be clear. I strongly disagree with any criticism of individuals based mostly on who they vote for,” Harris mentioned.
Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report
