President Trump called on a crowd of supporters to « forgive » President Biden after he compared the former president’s supporters to garbage. »Wow. That’s terrible, » Trump said, invoking Hillary Clinton’s infamous « deplorable » remarks in the weeks before the 2016 election. « And then she said irredeemable. That didn’t work out. »The Republican nominee called on his supporters to forgive him during a packed rally at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. »Garbage, I think, is worse, » he said. « But he doesn’t know. You have to please forgive him. »BIDEN CALLS TRUMP SUPPORTERS ‘GARBAGE’ DURING HARRIS CAMPAIGN EVENT AS VP PROMISES UNITY AT ELLIPSE RALLYTrump said that Biden « really doesn’t know » what he said.JON STEWART ADMITS HE FINDS WIDELY CRITICIZED TRUMP RALLY COMEDIAN FUNNY »Please forgive him for not knowing what he said, » Trump said. « These people are terrible, terrible, terrible to say a thing like that. But he really doesn’t know. He really honestly, he doesn’t. And I’m convinced that he likes me more than he likes Kamala. But that’s a terrible thing. »WATCH:Trump’s call for unity – and forgiveness – came after the president called Trump supporters’ garbage during a get-out-the-vote call for Voto Latino. »The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters, » Biden said. « His, his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and it’s un-American. It’s totally contrary to everything we’ve done, everything we’ve been. »LIVE UPDATES: BIDEN ATTEMPTS TO DENY CALLING TRUMP SUPPORTERS ‘GARBAGE’ DESPITE VIDEOBiden’s comments came after Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. »And just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico ‘a floating island of garbage.’ Well, let me tell you something, » Biden said. « I don’t know the Puerto Rican that I know… or Puerto Rico where I’m – in my home state of Delaware – they’re good, decent, honorable people. »Biden’s remarks came just as Vice President Kamala Harris was set to take the stage for a major rally in Washington, DC. »Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump’s supporters at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage—which is the only word I can think of to describe it, » Biden posted on X later that evening after his comments drew swift backlash. « His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That’s all I meant to say, » he said. « The comments at that rally don’t reflect who we are as a nation. »White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich that President Biden « referred to the hateful rhetoric at the Madison Square Garden rally as ‘garbage.’ » »The president was referencing a joke by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe in which he likened Puerto Rico to an island of floating « garbage » in the middle of the ocean, » Bates said.Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
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Trump calls for supporters to ‘forgive’ Biden in show of unity after president calls supporters ‘garbage’
