Latest US election: Harris promises an end to ‘drama and conflict’ – but Biden’s ‘rubbish’ comment sparks controversy

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Trump learned of the Joe Biden tapes while on stage in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with Sen. Marco Rubio and immediately referenced Hillary Clinton’s 2016 remark calling some Trump supporters “deplorable.”

“Waste I think is worse right?” Trump said before adding: “But please forgive him because he doesn’t know what he said”.

Biden denies he was referring to Trump supporters collectively, saying he was talking about comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who used a Trump rally to refer to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of trash.”

Trump later weighed in again on his Truth Social website, accusing Harris of “running a hate campaign.”

He wrote: “She has spent all week comparing her political opponents to the most evil mass murderers in history. Now, on top of it all, Joe Biden is calling our supporters ‘garbage’.”

“You can’t lead America if you don’t love the American people,” he added.