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https://www.axios.com/2024/10/30/biden-garbage-trump-supporters-puerto-rico

President Biden handed ammo to gleeful Republicans Tuesday night when he seemed to refer to former President Trump's supporters as "garbage." Why it matters: Operatives in both parties instantly viewed the remark as a flashback to Hillary Clinton's 2016 blunder when she referred to Trump supporters as a "basket of deplorables" which fired up outraged Republicans.

• The comment came in a video call with the progressive group Voto Latino when Biden wanted to respond to a comedian calling Puerto Rico an "island of garbage" at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday.

Driving the news: On the call, Biden said: "The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it's un-American."

• The White House argued that Biden was only referring to the comedian in his comments and sent a transcript in which Biden says: "The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter's."