President Biden raged against “Kill Tony” podcast host Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke about Puerto Rico being a “floating island of garbage” and suggested that was a good description for supporters of former President Donald Trump.
“Donald Trump has no character. He doesn’t give a damn about the Latino community,” Biden said during a campaign call at the White House Tuesday first reported by NBC. “Just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage.”
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s unAmerican.”
Biden further stressed that Puerto Ricans are “good decent, honorable people.”
White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates insisted that “The president referred to the hateful rhetoric at the Madison Square Garden rally as ‘garbage.’”
In a transcript of Biden’s comments provided by the White House, his team argued there was intended to be an apostrophe in “supporters.”
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter’s — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American,” the transcript read.
Biden, himself, quickly clarified his intention via social media.
“Earlier today I referred to the