Reporter grills Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on clarifying Biden's 'garbage' remark

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faced immediate backlash Wednesday after she denied that President Biden had referred to Trump supporters as “garbage.”

During a virtual Harris campaign call with Voto Latino Tuesday night, Biden took a swipe at former President Trump’s rally in Madison Square Garden, which made headlines after insult comedian Tony Hinchiffe made jokes mocking different ethnic groups, with one joke referring to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”

“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,” Biden said on the call. “His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and it is un-American.”

“Just to clarify, he was not calling Trump supporters garbage,” Jean-Pierre told reporters at the daily White House press briefing, reiterating the statement Biden put out to clean up his remarks.

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[paulbentley]

She is such a liar. We saw him say it with our own eyes lady.

[TheFullKanani]

Weird dynamic. Everybody on that room knows she’s lying but they have to dance around it.

[justmyopinion]

He knew exactly what he was doing when he said it. And it worked.

[pipefighterx]

We heard him say it, now they're lying!

[LadieKadie]

Worst DEI hire until they selected Kamala.

[Denise-mg]

Its all just damage control . He got caught and he was trying to backpedal.

[bigsarge]

He said it and everyone knew who he was talking about

[spicypickle]

"I wasn't in the room."
Gimme a break. The gaslighting is off the charts.

[madelinehudgins]

I am Latino.. and I voted for TRUMP! Go Trump!

[hemanferrales]

She is a LIAR .WHAT HE SAID WAS CLEAR AND WE HEARD .

[thomaswinkler]

Such a liar. Must be worst job ever-lying every day for a paycheck. Shame on you girl.

[tanyasmith]

That's not what he said. That's your problem kjp

[davidstockton]

I heard him call half the country Garbage

[SteelHorse-Rider]

I Agree they have called out a lot of Hateful Rhetoric- Their Podium is Always Full of Hateful Rhetoric !!!

[stansmith]

I just hope Karine Jean-Pierre does not own any cats or dogs!!

[YvonneWatson-ffex]

When you have to clarify what you said you shouldn’t have said it in the first place. He meant exactly what he said. DJT wasn’t even there when that ‘comedian’ made that comment. Not one person laughed at that ‘joke’.

[Bouncerbob]

How does this lady still have a job? Lies are not tolerated in the civilian workplace.

[JC_Follower]

How does she even fail to accurately quote the president. They are a joke

[TeresaOneill-hm]

How many times have you had to 'walk back' his comments? How many times have the walk backs been hateful comments? Put him in the bullseye kinda stuff. That is a long list, ma'am.

[alexmasse]

Jean ‘zero accountability’ Pierre at your service.