Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro distances himself from Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro distanced himself from fellow Democrat President Biden’s off-the-cuff remark at a virtual campaign call this evening in which he appeared to bash Donald Trump supporters as “garbage.”

“I’m 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,” Shapiro told CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins.”

Shapiro gave his “fresh reaction” to Biden’s off-the-cuff remark. AP

Biden had said, “Just the other day, a speaker at [Trump’s] rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage … the only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.”

The president later denied calling Trump backers “garbage.” The White House claimed he used the word “supporters” with an apostrophe to refer to the “hateful” rhetoric specifically and not backers of the former president broadly.

Shapiro did not appear to run with the White House’s claim that Biden had been taken out of context.