Everyone Involved
Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz brushed aside President Joe Biden’s “garbage” comment from Tuesday, stressing in a pair of interviews that a Harris administration will be inclusive.
“The vice president and I have made it absolutely clear that we want everyone as a part of this,” Walz told George Stephanopoulos on “Good Morning America.” “Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric is what needs to end.”
After back to back days of attacking Trump and his surrogates for the racist and inflammatory remarks from the podium at his Madison Square Garden rally, Walz and Harris are now forced to answer for Biden, complicating their unifying message with six days until Election Day.
Walz scarcely mentioned Biden by name in interviews Wednesday on both ABC and CBS, emphasizing that Biden clarified his remarks after the fact on Tuesday. And he made a point to emphasize that Vice President Kamala Harris, not Biden, is on the ticket.
“She's running for president. She's making the message,” Walz said of Harris. “I think America knows the direction we're going. She's laid out the way forward. That's what we'll do for the next six days and then the next eight years after that.”
It was Biden’s comments on a Zoom call with the group Voto Latino that put Walz on cleanup duty Wednesday morning. The president, responding to a racist joke delivered by a comedian at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday, called that rhetoric “unconscionable” and “un-American.” But a mid-sentence stammer sparked a sharp debate on whether or not Biden had insulted Trump voters.
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter’s - his - his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it's un-American,” Biden said on the call according to a White House transcript of the call.
The transcript included an apostrophe in the “supporter’s,” but others heard it as “supporters,” suggesting that the president referred to Trump supporters as garbage. Republicans have seized on the comment to paint the president, and Harris, as divisive. Biden sought to clarify his remarks in a social media post on Tuesday night.
“Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage-which is the only word I can think of to describe it. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable,” Biden said on X. “That's all I meant to say. The comments at that rally don't reflect who we are as a nation.”
“The vice president and I have made it absolutely clear that we want everyone as a part of this,” Walz told George Stephanopoulos on “Good Morning America.” “Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric is what needs to end.”
After back to back days of attacking Trump and his surrogates for the racist and inflammatory remarks from the podium at his Madison Square Garden rally, Walz and Harris are now forced to answer for Biden, complicating their unifying message with six days until Election Day.
Walz scarcely mentioned Biden by name in interviews Wednesday on both ABC and CBS, emphasizing that Biden clarified his remarks after the fact on Tuesday. And he made a point to emphasize that Vice President Kamala Harris, not Biden, is on the ticket.
“She's running for president. She's making the message,” Walz said of Harris. “I think America knows the direction we're going. She's laid out the way forward. That's what we'll do for the next six days and then the next eight years after that.”
It was Biden’s comments on a Zoom call with the group Voto Latino that put Walz on cleanup duty Wednesday morning. The president, responding to a racist joke delivered by a comedian at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday, called that rhetoric “unconscionable” and “un-American.” But a mid-sentence stammer sparked a sharp debate on whether or not Biden had insulted Trump voters.
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter’s - his - his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it's un-American,” Biden said on the call according to a White House transcript of the call.
The transcript included an apostrophe in the “supporter’s,” but others heard it as “supporters,” suggesting that the president referred to Trump supporters as garbage. Republicans have seized on the comment to paint the president, and Harris, as divisive. Biden sought to clarify his remarks in a social media post on Tuesday night.
“Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage-which is the only word I can think of to describe it. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable,” Biden said on X. “That's all I meant to say. The comments at that rally don't reflect who we are as a nation.”