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Trump issues responses after Biden appears to call GOP supporters ‘trash’ – IJR
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Trump issues responses after Biden appears to call GOP supporters ‘trash’ – IJR

Former President Donald Trump didn’t take kindly to President Joe Biden’s remarks when he appeared to call Trump supporters “trash.”

But he also asked his supporters to forgive Biden.

Biden’s comments came Tuesday when he was asked about comedian Tony Hinchcliffe calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” during a Trump rally Sunday at Madison Square Garden. by Fox News.

“The only garbage I see floating out there is (Trump) supporters,” Biden said.

Trump took to X, formerly Twitter, to say he ran a positive campaign, unlike his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.

This makes Biden and Harris unfit to be president, Trump said.

“While I’m leading a campaign of positive solutions to save America, Kamala Harris is leading a campaign of hate,” Trump tweeted. “Now, of all things, Joe Biden calls our supporters ‘trash.’ You can’t lead America if you don’t love the American people. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have shown that they are both unfit to serve as President of the United States.

“I am proud to lead the largest, broadest and most important political coalition in American history,” he wrote. “We are home to historic numbers of Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans and citizens of all races, religions, colors and creeds. It is my desire to be the president of all the people.

Earlier Tuesday, Trump urged his supporters to forgive Biden when he was first alerted to Biden’s remarks at a rally at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. according to a Fox News report.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) alerted Trump to what the president said.

“Wow. It’s terrible,” Trump said, before referring to 2016, when Hillary Clinton called it “deplorable”.

“And then she said irrecoverable,” Trump said. “It didn’t work.”

But then Trump said his supporters should forgive Biden.

“I think trash is worse,” Trump added. “But he doesn’t know that. You must please forgive him.

“Please forgive him for not knowing what he said,” Trump said. “These people are terrible, terrible, terrible for saying such a thing. But he really doesn’t know that. Honestly, that’s not the case. And I’m convinced he loves me more than Kamala. But it’s a terrible thing.

The White House released a statement regarding Biden’s remarks.

“Earlier today, I called the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico uttered by the Trump supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally trash — which is the only word I can think of to describe it “Biden said on