White House Attempts Clean-Up After Joe Biden Appears to Call Trump Supporters ‘Garbage’

TIME

President Joe Biden took a swipe against Donald Trump’s supporters on Tuesday as he reacted to the Republican presidential nominee’s weekend rally at Madison Square Garden, which was overshadowed by crude and racist rhetoric.

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00:00Donald Trump has no character.

00:02He doesn't give a damn about the Latino community.

00:04He's a failed businessman.

00:06He only cares about the billionaire friends he has and accumulating wealth for those at

00:10the top.

00:11You know, he says immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country.

00:14Give me a break.

00:15He wants to do away with the birthright citizenship.

00:18Who the hell has said that in the last 100 years?

00:21And just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage.

00:26Well, let me tell you something.

00:28I don't, I don't know the Puerto Rican that I know or Puerto Rico where I'm in my home

00:34state of Delaware.

00:35They're good, decent, honorable people.

00:38The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.

00:42His demonization is seen as unconscionable and it's un-American.

00:46It's totally contrary to everything we've done, everything we've been.

00:49First of all, he clarified his comments, but let me be clear, I strongly disagree with

00:56any criticism of people based on who they vote for.

01:02You heard my speech last night and continuously throughout my career.

01:07I believe that the work that I do is about representing all the people, whether they

01:13support me or not.

01:14And as president of the United States, I will be a president for all Americans, whether

01:19you vote for me or not.

01:20That is my responsibility and that's the kind of work that I've done my entire career and

01:25I take it very seriously.

01:26Have you spoken to him about his comments and his intentions?

01:29He did call me last night, but this didn't come up.

01:32Are you concerned about what impact this may have on voters, on the divisiveness of the

01:37election and whether or not it's going to dissuade some people from supporting you because

01:42of your affiliation with the president of this administration?

01:44I've been very clear with the American public.

01:47I respect the challenges that people face.

01:52I respect the fact that we all have so much more in common than what separates us and

01:58that most people want a president that understands that, that gets that, and approaches their

02:03role of leadership.

02:04That way, I've been very clear from my earliest years as a prosecutor.

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