Team Biden-Harris quickly sought to clarify that Joe meant “supporter’s” — with an apostrophe. He was talking about Hinchcliffe, not the millions of Americans who support Trump.
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But everybody remembers Hillary Clinton calling Trump fans a “basket of deplorables” in 2016 — and look how well that worked out. Suddenly, Team Trump was on the offended offensive. “Moments ago,” declared a Donald-signed campaign email. “Kamala’s boss crooked Joe Biden just called ALL my supporters GARBAGE — HE WAS TALKING TO YOU!”
Biden backtracked. Harris distanced herself from his remark. But it was too late. Trump knew he was on to a winner, and yesterday he performed his second brilliant and hilarious campaign stunt of the past ten days.
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