Republicans suddenly decide they’re offended by the word ‘garbage’

On Wednesday, Donald Trump deemed his Madison Square Garden rally where a speaker denigrated Puerto Rico as “garbage” to be a “lovefest.” But now Trump and the Republican Party are pretending to be offended by the word “garbage” when President Joe Biden said it, and worse, they are taking Biden’s words out of context.

In a Tuesday video call with the group Voto Latino, Biden said, “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter’s—his—his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American,” clearly saying that the “garbage” here is the pro-Trump speaker’s “demonization of Latinos.” 

But because Biden stuttered in the middle of his statement, Trump and company have seized on this to falsely allege that he was speaking about individuals, not the hate that was on display at the Trump rally.

“Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage—which is the only word I can think of to describe it,” Biden said in a tweet after.

But at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, Sen. Marco Rubio lied and said, “Just moments ago, Joe Biden stated that our supporters are garbage.” 

Trump mockingly added, “Please forgive him for he not knoweth what he said.”