Biden’s ill-timed remark has given the Trump campaign an opening to pivot from its own backlash over an offensive joke that has infuriated Puerto Ricans, a key Latino voting bloc.
: Vice President Kamala Harris has distanced herself from Joe Biden after the president appeared to refer to Trump supporters as “garbage”, in a damaging gaffe that has undercut her message of unity.
While Biden and the White House quickly moved to clarify the comment - insisting that the president was talking about comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who made the joke, and not Trump’s supporters more broadly - the Harris campaign spent much of the morning in damage control. Biden’s ill-timed remark - which Republicans likened to Hillary Clinton’s insult about Trump supporters being- gave the Trump campaign an opening to pivot from its own backlash over the racist and sexist jokes made at the former president’s Madison Square Gardens rally on Sunday night.
Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro, who is a campaign surrogate for Harris, told CNN that while Biden’s words were not “what I would choose, I think it’s important that we remain focused on the contrast between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and not attacking supporters of either candidate”.
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