Vice President Kamala Harris dodged a question again this week when asked if President Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cgarbage\u201d comment would hurt her campaign.<\/p>\n
Reporter Yamiche Alcindor asked: \u201cFormer President Trump also rode around in a garbage truck to call attention to President Biden\u2019s comments about his supporters and their rhetoric. Are you concerned that President Biden\u2019s comments might undermine your own messaging that you want to be a president for all Americans?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I\u2019ve addressed how I feel about those comments, one, that the president explained what he meant. But, two, I do not believe, and I will speak for myself, that we should ever criticize people based on who they vote for. But let\u2019s understand again where we are in this election. On the one hand, you have Donald Trump, who refers to people by the most demeaning words, who attempts to really take from them the dignity that they so rightly deserve. He is someone who talks full time about the enemy within,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe speaks ill of America. He refers to us as a garbage can. And he does not understand that most people are exhausted with his rhetoric, exhausted with that approach, exhausted with an approach that Donald Trump has that\u2019s trying to divide our country and have Americans point fingers at each other. They\u2019re done with it. And they\u2019re ready to turn the page and accept and receive a new generation of leadership, which I offer,\u201d Harris added.<\/p>\n
Alcindor jumped in and asked: \u201cAs he and his supporters grab onto that language, though, from President Biden, you\u2019re not at all concerned that it might undermine your messaging?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very clear that in this election, what the American people want most is to know that I have a plan, that we have a plan to bring down the cost of living and invest in American families, invest in small businesses, invest in our economy,\u201d Harris claimed.<\/p>\n
Harris added, \u201cI am proud that I have the support of leading economists in our nation who recognize that I actually have a specific plan and that it will strengthen America\u2019s economy. He has very little of a plan besides giving tax breaks to the richest people, and his plan, whatever it may be, will actually weaken our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Frank Luntz, a pollster and communications expert, said on CNN that Biden\u2019s \u201cgarbage\u201d mistake on Tuesday night would have a \u201chuge\u201d effect and could be the \u201cturning point\u201d that leads to Trump\u2019s victory in the race.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Biden said, \u201cThe only people I see floating out there with garbage are his supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Biden later said that he meant \u201csupporter\u2019s\u201d instead of \u201csupporters\u201d and that he was only criticizing comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who did a controversial act at Trump\u2019s rally in New York City over the weekend. However, the comments caused a fire that both Biden and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris had to put out.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, CNN\u2019s Brianna Keilar asked Luntz whether Biden\u2019s gaffe would \u201cmove voters\u201d toward Trump.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be huge because this is not some comedian saying something stupid and offensive at a rally where he should have been just basically disinvited. This is the president of the United States endorsing his vice president, saying something \u2014 and I know that there\u2019s different interpretations about what he said \u2014 it\u2019s still inappropriate. He still shouldn\u2019t be doing it,\u201d Luntz said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve watched Trump already seize this. The \u2018basket of deplorables\u2019 was significant, was meaningful in 2016. In 2024, I can promise you that this is going to drive Trump turnout. And he\u2019s doing it already. I can see \u2014 I\u2019m sure there\u2019s going to be ads on as soon as tonight about this,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
Luntz added, \u201cThis may be a turning point for those final 3% \u2014 and that\u2019s all it is \u2014 who still need to be persuaded.\u201d<\/p>\n
Luntz went on to note that while \u201cTrump offends\u201d persuadable voters, who \u201cdon\u2019t like him as a person,\u201d \u201cHarris scares them because they don\u2019t know where she stands.\u201d<\/p>\n
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FRANK LUNTZ: Joe Biden might\u2019ve cost Kamala Harris the election by labeling his supporters \u201cgarbage\u201d<\/p>\n
H\/T: @EndWokeness<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/uM5flUEHAR<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Martin Walsh (@MWalshUS) October 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n The White House issued a statement trying to claim Biden was not referring to Trump supporters, despite his statement clearly referring to Trump supporters.<\/p>\n White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told Fox News that Biden \u201creferred to the hateful rhetoric at the Madison Square Garden rally as \u2018garbage.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe president was referencing a joke by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe in which he likened Puerto Rico to an island of floating \u2018garbage\u2019 in the middle of the ocean,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n Later, Biden tried to clarify his comments further, saying he was denouncing Hinchicliffe\u2019s comments\u2014not Trump supporters.<\/p>\n \u201cEarlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump\u2019s supporters at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage\u2014which is the only word I can think of to describe it,\u201d Biden wrote in a post on X. \u201cHis demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That\u2019s all I meant to say. The comments at that rally don\u2019t reflect who we are as a nation.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Kamala Harris Dodges Again On Biden\u2019s \u2018Garbage\u2019 Comment<\/a> appeared first on Conservative Brief<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vice President Kamala Harris dodged a question again this week when asked if President Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cgarbage\u201d comment would hurt her campaign. Reporter Yamiche Alcindor asked: \u201cFormer President Trump also rode around in a garbage truck to call attention to President Biden\u2019s comments about his supporters and their rhetoric. Are you concerned that President Biden\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}