Donald Trump appeared in the cab of a garbage truck Wednesday dressed like a sanitation worker, trying to convince voters in the battleground state of Wisconsin that Democrats believe the people who vote for him are “trash.” did.
The play comes in response to Joe Biden’s apparent gaffe the night before, when the president spoke at President Trump’s massive rally at New York City’s Madison Square Garden over the weekend. He said the purpose was to criticize the comedian over his racist comments.
But President Trump and his allies are using Biden’s words to argue that Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’ promise to be a president for all Americans, including those who don’t vote for her, is disingenuous. he claimed. During his visit to Green Bay, a Republican-leaning city in a battleground state where anyone could win in the polls, Trump took off his usual suit jacket and wore a reflective orange vest to get his point across. emphasized. to an arena filled with supporters wearing red hats.
“We have to start by saying that 250 million Americans are not trash,” President Trump said at the beginning of his 90-minute speech. He did not say how he came up with the 250 million number, but it appears to be roughly the entire U.S. population minus those who voted for Biden in 2020.
“This week, Kamala has been comparing her political opponents to the most evil mass murderers in history, but in a campaign call last night, crooked Joe Biden finally revealed what he and Kamala really mean about our supporters. He said what he thought. He called them garbage.”
Biden’s gaffe is one of many he has made during his nearly four years in office and could complicate Harris’ campaign. Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s remarks at a rally in the U.S. territory of Puerto on Sunday at Madison Square Garden reinvigorated his efforts to win over Latino voters. Rico is a “garbage island floating in the middle of the sea.”
Puerto Rican stars Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin have since voiced their support for Harris, and on Wednesday, reggaeton singer Nicky Jam, who also has ties to Puerto Rico, cited this statement and expressed support for Trump. was withdrawn.
Nevertheless, Biden appears to be giving Republicans new ammunition, saying on a Zoom call with Latino voter groups Tuesday night: It’s unconscionable and un-American.” The president later clarified that he intended to criticize the “hateful rhetoric” against Latinos seen at Madison Square Garden, but the Trump campaign said Biden They claimed that he was defaming people who voted for the former president.
Harris defended herself early Wednesday, telling reporters that she “strongly opposes criticizing people based on who they voted for.” The vice president has recently prioritized reaching out to moderate Republicans and independents, campaigning alongside Republicans who have broken with Trump.
But at the Green Bay rally, Trump’s second appearance of the day after his stop in North Carolina, Biden’s words were all that everyone wanted to talk about.
“I can assure you, we’re not trash. That’s what I say a lot,” said Brett Favre, former quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, who drew loud applause when he appeared at the rally. said.
“When I look outside, I see police officers, teachers, nurses, grandparents, students. Every day I see the Americans who make this country great.”
said Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who has survived repeated Democratic efforts to unseat him and give him more control in the upper chamber of Congress. What Americans thought of themselves. He likened it to Hillary Clinton’s quip shortly before her 2016 election defeat that half of Trump’s supporters belonged to “the deplorables.”
Having criticized Biden earlier in the day over trash talk at a rally in North Carolina, Trump opted for something of a political stunt in Green Bay, stepping off a private plane wearing an orange vest and waiting. I jumped into the taxi of the garbage truck inside. A truck with “Trump” written in blue letters on the side.
Later that night at the arena, the 78-year-old worried about being able to climb the steep steps to get into the truck, saying he would be caught up in “all the fake news” if he fell. I was waiting on the tarmac. “The first staircase is like here and I’m saying shit,” he told the crowd.
“That gave me an adrenaline rush and I was successful.”
But as he fielded questions while sitting in the cab of his truck, he refused to apologize for Hinchcliffe’s comments about Puerto Rico, instead asking who the comedian was and how he was going to appear at Madison Square Garden. He reiterated that he did not know whether he had been booked to do so.
“I don’t know anything about that comedian. I don’t know who he is. I’ve never met him,” Trump said. “He’s a comedian, what can I say?” I don’t know anything about him. I don’t know why he’s there. ”
