Headline Roundup • October 31st, 2024
Trump Campaigns in Garbage Worker Vest in Response to Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Comment
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Wednesday night, in response to President Joe Biden's "garbage" comment about Trump supporters, former President Donald Trump campaigned in a garbage worker vest.
Key Details: In a dig at Biden, Trump rode in a garbage truck before his rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and kept on the garbage worker vest at the rally.
Key Quotes: “I have to begin by saying 250 million Americans are not garbage,” Trump said at the beginning of his nearly 90-minute speech. Earlier on Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters, “I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they voted for.”
For Context: Trump used the rally and its optics to criticize Biden, Harris, and Democrats for "running a campaign of hate, vitriol and retribution." He also reminded the crowd that during the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton called Trump supporters "deplorables." Meanwhile, the White House has released a statement seeking to clarify the comments made by Biden.
How the Media Covered it: The Guardian (Lean Left bias) reported that Trump's "theatrics" came in response to Biden's "apparent verbal gaffe." Fox News (Right bias) noted that Trump "trolled" Biden and the Harris campaign by wearing the garbage worker's vest to a critical swing state rally.
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AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson
Former President Donald Trump rode in a garbage truck ahead of his rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Wednesday in a dig at President Joe Biden.
Biden sent MAGA world into a frenzy earlier this week when he appeared to refer to Trump's supporters as "garbage."
"How do you like my garbage truck?" Trump told reporters as he sat in the passenger seat of a white truck emblazoned with the Trump 2024 campaign logo. "This truck is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden."
According to a clip aired on CNN of a virtual call with Latino...
Dressing like a sanitation worker and, at one point, appearing in the cab of a garbage truck, Donald Trump sought to convince voters in battleground state Wisconsin on Wednesday that Democrats believe those who vote for him are “garbage”.
The theatrics came in response to an apparent verbal gaffe made by Joe Biden the night before, which the president said was intended to condemn a comedian over his racist remarks at a massive rally Trump staged at New York City’s Madison Square Garden over the weekend.
But Trump and his allies have seized on Biden’s words...
AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Just six days until Nov. 5 and the day after President Biden called Trump supporters "garbage," Former President Donald Trump addressed several thousand supporters in Green Bay, Wisconsin, while wearing a garbage worker's high visibility vest.
Trump explained that his decision to arrive at the rally in a dump truck, dressed in a garbage vest, was made spur of the moment. He joked that the vest made him look thinner and quipped that the vest could become part of his everyday attire.
"When they said I’d look thinner, I said in that case,...
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