"Garbage-gate." I am so f*cking sick of Trump manufacturing "outrage" and flipping the script.

[Miles Archer]

They're talking about it on MSNBC.

Trump world's trying to turn everything around, deflect from the Nazi rally and "a floating island of garbage," and point to Joe calling the MAGAts "garbage."

Hey, I've been calling them garbage since Trump dragged his fat ass down the escalator with his entitled, moody, slit-eyed, foul-mouthed, passive aggressive wife in 2015.

[Walleye]

1. Wait, who was it said we are the garbage can of the world. What do you put in a garbage can

[Lovie777]

2. There will be 1 million rightwing polls drop reflecting same...................

Harris/Walz got this. Vote blue across board.

[Miles Archer]

6. On Morning Joe, Mika just said...

..."the other channels have the faux outrage on a loop."

You're right, I know what Trump would LIKE TO do with this, but it's too late, and it doesn't nullify the Nazi rally.

[krkaufman]

24. "doesn't nullify the Nazi rally"

Yeah, consider…

How many Trump “supporters” were potentially going to vote for Harris or stay home but will now cast a ballot for Trump?

How many Puerto Ricans will have heard about the “floating pile of garbage” rally comment by Election Day? How many will have heard Biden’s defense of Puerto Rico by Election Day?

(hint: only one of the above will have significantly affected the outcome of the election)

[DemMedic]

3. I called this months ago.

Link to tweet

[Docreed2003]

4. Trump has called cities and the entire US a garbage can

Where's the outrage!?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

5. don't worry. Harris didn't make the comment. concentrate energy on the big prize

[edisdead]

7. tho true it was a stupid fucking comment to make

I am sorry but with 6 days to go Biden has to be smarter than this. That was absolutely dumb. Biden has been one of the best presidents of my life so I don’t really care but in the scheme of we are on the home stretch of the election…. just dumb.

[XanaDUer2]

17. I love joe

But i agree. Trump fucked himself up w garbagegate, and Biden had to say something. When your enemy is flailing you let them. Don't say anything. Now Harris has to be questioned about it bc he said it.

[krkaufman]

25. But she doesn't

Now Harris has to be questioned about it bc he said it.

But does she HAVE to be? Biden’s meaning was clear, and has been reiterated for those who were confused. The comedian’s comments were garbage.

The media doesn’t HAVE to question Harris on it at all, if there’s a strain of objective journalism remaining anywhere within them.

[XanaDUer2]

26. I hope it blows over

Better to jusy say nothing imo ymmv.

[TexLaProgressive]

8. There is so much wrong that it is tRumpGate

[D23MIURG23]

9. He IS Garbage and so are his voters. They can FUCK OFF. n/t

[Dem4life1234]

31. His supporters are the trashiest human beings on Earth

I wish they would all just get the fuck out and start their own shit nation.

I blame them, he is nothing without his dumb hateful supporters.

[JI7]

11. The media deserves more blame

[Wavelight]

12. With all due respect

Joe just needs to STFU for 1 week.

I know what he was trying to say, but the quote undermines Kamala's message.

We are almost there and need to bring it home.

[Miles Archer]

13. It deflects attention from her speech...

...and gives the media something to run with. Anything that angers the MAGAts gets maximum coverage on CNN and Fox.

[Ray Bruns]

21. Exactly

[XanaDUer2]

18. Agreed

[Bozvotros]

20. Agree.

He talks/pontificates way too much for me.

[Wiz Imp]

14. The media should be asked what's worse - calling people garbage or calling over half the country the enemy within?

Given the enemy within comments have included references to law enforcement & the military being used against the enemy within. It's pretty clear that the one is a big nothingburger, while the other is Pure Fascism.

[shawn703]

15. This is completely manufactured by the media

Providing in entirety for context rather than cherry-picking.

"Donald Trump has no character. He doesn’t give a damn about the Latino community. He’s failed businessman. He’s — he only cares about the billionaire friends he has and accumulating wealth for those at the top.

You know, he says immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of our country. Give me a break. He wants to do away with the birthright citizenship. Who the hell else said that in the last 100 years?

And just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Well, let me tell you something. I don’t — I — I don’t know the Puerto Rican that — that I know — or a Puerto Rico, where I’m fr- — in my home state of Delaware, they’re good, decent, honorable people. The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter’s — 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."



This is quite obviously referring to Donald Trump's supporter's demonization of Latinos as the only garbage that's floating out there. The media omitting the apostrophe and saying Biden is calling Trump's supporters garbage is blatantly dishonest, and obvious election interference.

[Oliver Bolliver Butt]

22. It is a big day for apostrophe placement!

[Hugin]

16. I would be surprised if calling MAGAt garbage costs a single vote...

It seems to be the zeitgeist and may even gain votes. I can smell Bannon’s stench on the wind again.

[MichMan]

19. I don't see a problem with it at all.

They are garbage and need to be treated as such. If they don't want to be referred to as garbage, maybe they shouldn't support a fascist Nazi.

[Jilly_in_VA]

34. Absolutely.

They are garbage. We know it but most of them are too dumb to. So there it is.

[Bev54]

23. Just let this die. It is not like any MAGA was considering voting for Harris. We should make sure we do not click

on any news stories about it so they don't keep amplifying it

[CrispyQ]

27. A deplorable by any other name would still reek.

For-profit news is killing our country. Letting stations like Fox & Newsmax call themselves news is killing our country. I don't care if it is cable. Is it asking too much that an org that presents itself as a news station isn't allowed to outright lie?

[Gaytano70]

28. I am fucking sick of some people buying into CNN crap and foaming at the mouth about a supposed "gaffe,"

ENOUGH!
Thank you for this post, Miles

[Festivito]

29. Biden is saying: The demonization by Trump and his supporters is garbage, not supporters are garbage.

The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters — his, his demonization
The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters' — his, his demonization

Catastrophe, is to omit apostrophe.

Unfortunately, he tried keeping his comment short and should have included: ... -- his self, and his supporters' demonization is garbage.

Thank goodness his writing is everything one could want. His speaking ability, is haunted by his speech impediment.

[BlueCheeseAgain]

37. It surely doesn't help that so many people here on DU are agreeing with the first version.

While Biden is trying to clean things up, we have entire threads saying, "Joe was right! These people are garbage!"

It doesn't help to insult potential voters. It's what people don't like about Trump. Why is this so hard? Stay on message, folks.

[BWdem4life]

30. Betcha a million shares of DJT stock

His supporters show up to next rally wearing garbage bags.

[Hugin]

32. A real time saver.

[oldmanlynn]

33. It was an unforced error by Biden

I haven’t seen exactly what biden said but he shouldn’t have said that

[BlueCheeseAgain]

36. God, what a headache we don't need right now.

With six days until the election, the news should have been all about Harris's speech on the Mall and Trump's carnival of hatred. But now this comment has clouded that. Ugh.

For what it's worth, I think people here should stop saying "Joe was right-- they are garbage!" That's not the message that the Harris campaign wants, and it's feeding the GOP narrative of what Biden said.

[Cirsium]

38. Except he didn't

President Biden did not call the MAGAts "garbage." He called that comedian garbage.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

39. Signs you're in a Cult-just in case wearing diapers outside your clothes or Kotex on your ears weren't convincing enough

Link to tweet

Link to tweet