The president of the United States, Joe Bidencame out in defense of Puerto Ricowhich a comedian described as a “floating island of garbage” at a rally by the former president Donald Trump in New Yorkand pointed out that the only trash he sees is “his followers.”
To the Republican candidate, as indicated in a call with journalists organized by the ONG Vote Latino“he doesn’t care at all about the Latin community.”
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“He is a failed businessman. He only cares about the billionaire friends he had and for whom he accumulated wealth. And he says that immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country,” he highlighted.
The Democratic president insisted on his criticism: “Just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage. Well, let me tell you something. (…) The only trash I see floating around is his followers. His demonization is unconscionable and un-American. “It is totally contrary to everything we have done,” he said.
A spokesperson for the White House indicated in X what Biden was referring to “the rhetoric” used in the event in which Madison Square Garden of New Yorkin which the comedian who sparked controversy with his words was Tony Hinchcliffe.
Trump strikes back
From the Republican side, however, it did not take long to react. own Trump asked at a rally in Allentowntown in Pennsylvania of Latin American majority, that those words would be forgiven to Biden.
“He really doesn’t know what he said. It’s a terrible, terrible thing, but he doesn’t really know it. I’m convinced that he likes me more than Kamala”, he said in reference to the vice president and Democratic candidate.
In that same meeting the senator also came out on the defensive Marco Rubio: “I hope his campaign is about to apologize for what he just said. We are not trash, we are patriots who love USA”, he concluded.
Rubiowhich represents Floridais of Cuban origin; his parents emigrated to EU in 1956 and he was born in Miami. EFE
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