Posted on 10/31/2024 9:30:40 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
In a sharp rebuke of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's characterization of Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage" during a rally for Republican former U.S. President Donald Trump, Democratic President Joe Biden made a remark that appeared to characterize Trump supporters as "garbage."
Controversy arose not only because Trump's supporters took offense at what they heard, but because the White House released a transcript offering a different take on what Biden said or meant to say.
Specifically, the controversy hinged on whether Biden said "The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters," plural, meaning all of Trump's supporters, or "The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter's," possessive singular, meaning Hinchcliffe's "garbage" about Puerto Rico.
Neither version was implausible.
As millions of Americans prepared to cast their vote in the Nov. 5, 2024, presidential election, U.S. President Joe Biden set off a firestorm with a remark during a video call with Voto Latino, a Democratic-leaning civic engagement organization that aims to increase the political participation of Latinos. On the Oct. 29 call, Biden delivered a sharp rebuke of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's characterization of Puerto Rico as "a floating island of garbage" during a Oct. 27 rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.......
The reality is that both the Republicans' initial interpretation and Biden's clarification of his remarks are plausible, and Snopes cannot divine what a person was thinking when they made a comment. Therefore, we can report only what people heard in the video and the White House's and Biden's explanation after the call.
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That was quick. It took seven years to get the Charlottesville lied debunked.
What do we know? Just that it’s true.
We all heard it and he meant it.....
FJB
I saw it. It’s absurdly clear what he meant. Don’t get me wrong, I just see it as a stupid joke, but it gave Trump all the ammo he needs to take this thing home! 👍
Agree.The alternate interpretation is grammatically possible but pragmatically unlikely. The Dems are trying too hard to be clever.
The left is mentally ill, as Michael Savage says. They are locked in the last few days here, trying to defend these idiots. Even the Democrats I know whinced when they heard it. They knew what he meant. Biden caused an unforced error and allowed a few safety runs in the bottom of the eight for Trump.
Exactly- he called us garbage- that’s what we know.
Something I almost told my children...words matter.
Sorry, Biden, Snopes. That garbage truck has already left the landfill.
Oh.....wait!!!!
Everyone knows old FJB is mentally impaired.
The kind old man just got mixed up and accidentally confused Trump supporters with what is spewing across our borders..
Yeah...that’s the ticket!!! /s
If Snopes is cranking up its disinfo machine, it’s to try to stomp out an obvious truth.
The “investigative” competence of Snopes ranks right up there with that of the FBI.
This attitude among the elites goes way back to “flyover country” and probably long before that. Wouldn’t Rush be having a field day, but even he couldn’t top what Trump did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXar7CBW8MQ&list=PLanUqPajptu5g083z-0ggsIxzKhWXNBrW&index=1
Great compilation of Biden insulting Americans as stupid, dull , slow. Greg Kelly nails it in texts with Hunter explaining how they are better then others
How far Snopes will spin for the Left is matched only with how far they will spin against the Right.
*Always...lol, words do matter when written, too.
Election malfeasance. In California, Trump’s name doesn’t even appear on the first page of candidates to vote for.
https://x.com/iAnonPatriot/status/1852004617791414302/photo/1
I think what the left is trying to twist themselves to is the supporters he referred to were the comedian’s supporters...not Trump’s.
But of course you are right, if one means it was the comedian's garbage alone they they would say either: "is of his supporter" or "is his supporter's" and not "is of his supporter's"
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