U.S. President Joe Biden clarified a remark he made at an event for Latino voters, where he appeared to refer to supporters of former U.S. president Donald Trump as garbage.

However, that is not what he meant, Biden said on <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;social media on Tuesday evening&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://x.com/JoeBiden/status/1851436643498037614&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://x.com/JoeBiden/status/1851436643498037614" target="_blank">social media on Tuesday evening</a>. In a post on X, he said he was calling the “hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico” garbage — not supporters.

“(Trump’s) demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That’s all I meant to say,” he said on X.

The U.S. president says he was referring to "hateful rhetoric" as garbage — not Trump supporters.{ai:summary}<p>President Joe Biden clarified his earlier comments at a Latino voters' event, stating he did not intend to label Trump supporters as garbage. Instead, he criticized the "hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico."</p><p>Biden emphasized that his remarks were aimed at Trump's negative portrayal of Latinos. #politics</p>

Biden clarifies he didn't mean to call Trump supporters garbage

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