Trump breaks out props as he slams Biden over "garbage" gaffe
Trump breaks out props as he slams Biden over "garbage" gaffe
Donald Trump broke out the props Wednesday in the final days of this chaotic campaign as the former president seized on a garbled remark by President Joe Biden that seemed to insult Trump voters as “garbage.”
Trump emerged from his plane ahead of a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, wearing a bright orange and yellow safety vest before climbing into a garbage truck — with a big “TRUMP” sign emblazoned on the side — to take questions from reporters.
Biden has personally denied calling Trump supporters “garbage,” saying his comment on a video call Tuesday night been misinterpreted. The White House, on clean-up duty, insisted the president was only talking about one person, the little-known comedian who called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” this weekend as he warmed up the Madison Square Garden crowd for Trump.
No matter Biden’s intention, Republicans eager to move on from the backlash to the New York City rally pounced on the remark, with Trump leading the way on the campaign trail.
From the passenger seat of the garbage truck, Trump suggested Biden’s comment should be attributed to Kamala Harris herself, saying the episode was “worse, really” than when Hillary Clinton described half of Trump’s supporters as “deplorables” during the 2016 campaign.
Harris is closing out her campaign with a quick western swing before returning to Wisconsin Friday
Vice President Kamala Harris is closing out her campaign with a visit to every battleground state, the campaign announced Wednesday night, with a one-day visit to the western battlegrounds of Nevada and Arizona before returning for a second visit to Wisconsin on Friday.
The return visit to Wisconsin on Friday, with get-out-the-vote rallies scheduled for the Green Bay area and Milwaukee, is designed to make a final push of early voting before the Sunday deadline.
Harris is set to visit Georgia and North Carolina on Saturday, before traveling to Michigan on Sunday for a daylong series of events. She is set to close her campaign with a rally in Philadelphia, after spending the day barnstorming Pennsylvania — the state with the biggest battleground prize.
An adviser said additional side trips could be added over the weekend and on the final day of the race.
Meanwhile, her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will be campaigning in Pennsylvania Thursday to encourage more early voting, according to the campaign.
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