Longtime GOP pollster warns Biden’s ‘trash’ comment could cost Harris election

Top Republican strategist Frank Luntz warned the president Joe Biden‘s “trash” comment could potentially be costly Kamala Harris vote.

Biden by mistake created a conservative media storm When it seems like you’re calling this week Donald Trump‘s supporters called comedian “trash” in response Tony Hinchcliffe’s racist joke about Puerto Rico at the GOP candidate’s Madison Square Garden rally.

GOP pollster He criticized Biden for his “inappropriate” remarks and predicted it could be a “turning point” in the 2024 race.

“I can promise you, it will happen Increase Trump’s engagement” said Luntz CNN.

“This could be a turning point for the remaining three percent. Who still needs convincing, that’s all.”

Luntz said Biden’s gaffe could hurt Harris more because she’s “not a comedian who says something stupid and offensive.”

“This is the president of the United States approving the vice president to say something, and I know there are different interpretations of what he said, but it’s still inappropriate. “Still, he shouldn’t have done this,” Luntz said, comparing his gaffe to Hillary Clinton referring to Trump supporters as “jokes.” “Basket of deplorables” in 2016.

“The only nonsense I see floating around is his supporters, his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and un-American,” Biden said.

The White House said He quickly sought to downplay the comments, insisting he was talking about Hinchcliffe’s demonization of Latinos and not Trump’s supporters.

Harris, meanwhile, walked away from the remarks. “I totally disagree with people being criticized based on who they voted for,” he told reporters.

Trump seized on Biden’s comment in an attempt to turn things around after his campaign took a hit over Hinchcliffe’s joke.

Wearing a bright orange safety vest, Trump climbed into garbage truck to mock Biden and Harris Wednesday in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

But during the demonstration, journalists were still asking the former president questions about Hinchcliffe.

“I don’t know anything about the comedian,” Trump said. “I don’t know who he is. I’ve never seen him. I heard him make a statement, but it was a statement he made. He’s a comedian, what can I tell you? I don’t know anything about him.”

CBS News’ Jake Rosen asked the former president if he owed Puerto Rico an apology, to which he responded: “I love Puerto Rico, and Puerto Rico loves me.”

According to the report, there are 400,000 people of Puerto Rican descent who were born in Puerto Rico or live in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. US Census Bureau, and large Puerto Rican communities in other major states.