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President Biden sparked a political firestorm Tuesday after he called supporters of former President Trump “nonsense,” which could spell trouble for several incumbent Democratic senators running for re-election in key swing states where Trump is popular.
Fox News Digital reached out to five Democratic Senate candidates — Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Montana Sen. Jon Tester, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey and Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego — for comment on Biden’s remarks.
“Tammy Baldwin disagrees with President Biden,” Andrew Mamo, Tammy Baldwin’s campaign spokesman, told Fox News Digital.
“Tammy fights for all Wisconsinites, no matter who they are or who they vote for.”
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President Biden was widely criticized for his “dirty” comment about former President Trump’s supporters. (Getty Images)
A spokesperson for Rosen told Fox News Digital: “Senator Rosen strongly disagrees with discrediting anyone based on who he or she votes for. As one of the most bipartisan and independent senators, she works hard to “to find common ground across party lines and to represent all Nevadans.”
“Jon Tester disagrees with these comments and is proud to have the support of Montanans of all political stripes, including those who voted for Donald Trump,” said Monica Robinson, spokesperson for Montanans for Tester.
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President Biden speaks during an election campaign event in Pittsburgh on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
“Sherrod disagrees and is fighting for all Ohioans regardless of who they vote for,” Brown campaign spokesman Matt Keyes told Fox News Digital.
“I am running to represent all Arizonans, regardless of who they vote for,” Gallego told Fox News Digital in a statement.
“Senator Casey respects all Pennsylvanians, regardless of how they vote,” Casey campaign spokesperson Maddy McDaniel told Fox News Digital.
Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, Senate candidate in the swing state of Michigan, spoke inside Also against Biden’s comment.
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“He shouldn’t have said it. It’s inappropriate,” Slotkin said during an appearance on local radio Wednesday morning. “For me, I think these kinds of conversations are the last thing we need in our politics.”
While all of Fox News Digital’s Democrats condemned Biden’s “garbage” comment, some disparaged Trump supporters, including Gallego and Brown. Gallego previously Trump supporters called ‘stupid’ and the ‘worst people in the world’. Brown accused Trump’s supporters of “racism” and said it “works for them.”
During a virtual Kamla Harris campaign call with Voto Latino, Biden lashed out at former President Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden, which made headlines after being insulted comedian Tony Hinchiff joked mocking different ethnic groups. In one joke, he called Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash.”
“The only trash I see floating out there is his supporters,” Biden said. “(Trump’s) demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and un-American.”
Former President Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, arrives for a Q&A with Pastor Paula White at the National Faith Advisory Summit on October 28, 2024 in Powder Springs, Georgia. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
His comments were quickly compared to the way Hillary Clinton in 2016 labeled half of Trump supporters as belonging to “a basket of deplorables,” a comment that was widely seen as undermining her campaign.
The White House attempted to clarify Biden’s comment.
White House spokesman Andrew Bates told Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich. President Biden “referred to the hateful rhetoric at the Madison Square Garden rally as ‘trash.’”
“The president was referring to a joke by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe in which he compared Puerto Rico to an island of floating ‘trash’ in the middle of the ocean,” he said.
“So just to clarify, he wasn’t calling Trump supporters bullshit, that’s why he put this out and wanted to make sure we put out a statement that made it clear what he meant and what he was trying to say. So I want to make that very clear to the people watching,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Wednesday.
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Vice President Kamala Harris distanced from Biden’s comments on Tuesday.
“I think he’s clarified his comments, first of all, but let me be clear. I strongly disagree with criticizing people based on who they vote for,” Harris said.
Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter for Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to [email protected].