Biden campaign call canceled amid backlash over ‘trash’ comment

The White House has reportedly blocked several campaign calls that were supposed to feature President Biden “Trash” comment According to a report, supporters of former President Donald Trump were targeted.

“Thursday, October 31, 2024: At noon, the President will participate in a campaign call,” read guidance ahead of the White House public week published on Sunday.

Biden, 81, did not participate in those calls, according to Fox News.

It’s unclear whether the organizations hosting the Zoom call will proceed without the president.

There are no official campaign events for Vice President Kamala Harris on Biden’s schedule ahead of Election Day.

The White House did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.

Biden’s Tuesday call with Voto Latino made headlines after the president called Trump supporters “trash” in the wake of a Madison Square Garden rally for the GOP nominee.

“The only trash I see floating there is his supporters,” Biden said in response to a comedian at the rally comparing Puerto Rico to a “floating island of trash.”

The Commander in Chief later claimed that he was merely referring to the comedian’s joke and the White House The stenographer’s official transcript of the call was immediately changed. To add an apostrophe to “pro”.

Trump campaign seized on Biden’s comments – showing the former president at a Wisconsin rally the next day garbage truck and a trash vest in response to the President’s criticism of his supporters.

“Kamala (Harris) and Joe (Biden) call us trash. I call you the heart and soul of America,” Trump said while wearing the vest at a Wisconsin event on Wednesday.

Earlier this month, Biden made headlines when he was seen calling for Trump’s imprisonment At a campaign event in New Hampshire.

“If I had said this five years ago, you would have shut me down: We have to shut him down,” Biden said.

Several seconds later, Biden pushed back: “Politically, lock him up – lock him out, that’s what we have to do.”

Trump has since used the comment to anger his supporters at rallies and his legal team incorporated Biden’s quip into a brief arguing that the federal 2020 election case against Trump should be dismissed .