Josh Shapiro Criticizes Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Comment About Trump Supporters: ‘I Would Never Insult the Good People of Pennsylvania or Any Americans’

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro criticized President Joe Biden for appearing to refer to Trump supporters as “garbage” on Tuesday, claiming he “would never insult the good people of Pennsylvania or any Americans” like that.

During an interview with Shapiro on her show The Source, CNN host Kaitlan Collins played a clip of Biden saying, “Just the other day, a speaker at his [Trump’s] rally called Puerto Rico ‘a floating island of garbage.’ The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.”

She then asked, “Governor, first off, just what’s your response to that comment from President Biden where it sounds like he’s calling Trump supporters thye’re garbage?”

Shapiro replied:

I had not heard that until now, Kaitlan, so I’m kind of giving you my fresh reaction to it. I would never insult the good people of Pennsylvania or any Americans even if they chose to support a candidate that I didn’t support. I think the real issue here is Donald Trump and his inability to simply say comments like that are wrong, to simply stand up for his fellow Americans. He is incapable of doing that. When he had the keys to the White House before, he didn’t do it, he separated people out, he divided people. He’s promised more of the same and that’s why I think he’s dangerous, and that’s why I’m working as hard as I can to support Kamala Harris and do everything we can to defeat Donald Trump again in Pennsylvania.

Collins noted, “The White House is trying to say that what President Biden was saying– they’re putting an apostrophe there in ‘supporters,’ saying it’s the singular, I guess referring to the comedian.”

She questioned, “I mean, it’s hard to really look at that when you can listen to it for yourself, but do you think the president needs to come out and clarify that comment?”

Shapiro concluded, “Well, I think President Biden will decide what he wants to say. It’s certainly not words that I would choose and I think it’s important that we remain focused on the contrast between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, and not attacking supporters of either candidate.”

Watch above via CNN.