Donald Trump isn’t letting go of President Joe Biden‘s “rubbish” remark. On Wednesday, October 30, the 78-year-old Republican candidate held a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and as an alternative of beginning the occasion from the stage, Trump talked to supporters and the media from a white rubbish truck.
“How do you want my rubbish truck?” Trump stated, in response to the Associated Press. “This is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden.” Trump then insisted that he “loves Puerto Rico” and that “Puerto Rico loves [him].” He concluded the staged drive-in by telling reporters, “I hope you loved this rubbish truck. Thank you very a lot.”
Earlier this week, Biden, 81, appeared on a name with the advocacy group Voto Latino. In it, he referred to the comic Tony Hinchcliffe, who known as Puerto Rico a “floating island of rubbish” throughout Trump’s rally at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Hinchcliffe, 40, made extra racist feedback about Latinos, claiming that they “love making infants.”
Hm, attention-grabbing alternative to put the rubbish within the entrance of the truck.pic.twitter.com/CdQzp4fycZ
— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) October 30, 2024
While recalling Hinchcliffe’s derogatory feedback, Biden stated, “Just the opposite day, a speaker at his rally known as Puerto Rico a floating island of rubbish. Well, let me let you know one thing, I don’t — I don’t know the Puerto Rican that I do know, the Puerto Rico the place I’m fr — in my residence state of Delaware. They’re good, first rate honorable individuals.”
The president added that the “solely rubbish [he sees] floating out there’s his supporters,” referring to Trump’s followers.
“His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American,” Biden concluded. “It’s completely opposite to all the things we’ve performed, all the things we’ve been.”
In a follow-up message, Biden took to X (previously Twitter) to make clear his assertion.
Holy moly. Kamala’s marketing campaign IMMEDIATELY turned Trump’s big mistake into a superb advert:
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) October 31, 2024
“Earlier as we speak, I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump’s supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as rubbish — which is the one phrase I can consider to explain it,” Biden tweeted. “His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That’s all I meant to say. The feedback at that rally don’t mirror who we’re as a nation.”
In response to the president’s remark, Vice President Kamala Harris emphasised that she doesn’t exclude individuals primarily based on their political celebration affiliation.
“I’ve been very clear with the American public, I respect the challenges that folks face,” she advised reporters earlier this week. “I’m severe, what I imply when elected president, I’ll symbolize all Americans, together with people who don’t vote for me and tackle their wants and their needs.”
For Trump’s half, the Republican was requested for his response to Hinchcliffe’s controversial remarks.
“I don’t know something concerning the comic,” Trump insisted, in response to the AP. “I don’t know who he’s. I’ve by no means seen him. I heard he made a press release, however it was a press release that he made. He’s a comic, what can I let you know. I do know nothing about him.”