She said Harris She does not approve of “any criticism of people based on who they vote for,” in response to President Joe Biden’s reference to supporters of her Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, as “trash.”
The Democratic candidate stated: “I will represent all Americans, including those who do not vote for me.”
Harris made this comment to reporters while she was preparing for her election campaign in 3 states.
The Vice President’s statement comes in an attempt to ease the controversy over the speech Biden Less than a week ago, until the end of the election campaigns.
In a video call with the Voto Latino organization, which deals with Latino voter registration, Biden was addressing a controversy raised by one of the speakers during a Trump campaign rally in New York on Sunday, when he described Puerto Rico as “A floating island of garbage“.
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,” Biden said. “His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and un-American.”
But the White House clarified in a statement that Biden was referring to Trump’s speech and not his supporters.
White House spokesman Andrew Bates said: “The president referred to hate speech during the campaign rally in Madison Square Garden as ‘trash’.”
Harris is running in an unprecedentedly close election against Trump, to reach the White House.
