Social media exploded with comments memes after president Joe BidenCompare recent comments donald trump supporters Saying “trash” on campaign calls. BidenThe comment was intended to condemn racist jokes about Puerto Rico at Trump rallies, but it quickly backfired, with a wave of derisive memes and comparisons to Puerto Rico appearing online. Hillary ClintonThe infamous “pathetic” statement.
Memes mocking the gaffe quickly spread across platforms. One popular meme shows Biden standing on the White House lawn, with the caption: “Biden on the White House lawn after calling everyone out trump supporters “Trash in the biggest speech of Kamala’s entire career…” Another depicted Trump wearing a white hat emblazoned with the word “trash,” suggesting the moment could become a battle for his supporters slogan. In another post, one user turned Biden’s insult into a badge of honor by calling on all Trump supporters to wear black trash bags to the polls.
But the creativity doesn’t stop there. One meme explains the lyrics to the song “The Sound of Silence,” “Hello trash, my old friend, I’m here to take you out again… ‘Cause Biden is crawling softly while Joe sleeps, leftist is failing. Other memes attacked Vice President Kamala Harris, suggesting Biden’s comments undermined her message of unity as she delivered an important speech about bridging political divides. One user even suggested Biden deliberately undermined Khama. campaign in exchange for Trump’s presidential pardon for his son Hunter, who recently pleaded guilty to nine federal tax charges.
The memes emerged in response to Biden’s attempt to call out a comedian at a Trump rally who called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” “The only trash I see is his supporters,” Biden responded during a call with Latino voters, accusing Trump’s campaign of demonizing Latinos. But his comments quickly drew the ire of Republicans and sparked a heated debate. While campaigning in Allentown, Pa., Trump seized the opportunity to denounce Biden’s comments as “horrible” and compare them to Clinton’s “regrettable” gaffe in 2016. “Hillary called them ‘pathetic,’ and then she said ‘irredeemable,'” Trump said. “I think ‘trash’ is worse.”
Republican Sen. J.D. Vance called the comments “disgusting” on A disdain for the millions of Americans who supported the former president. Amid the backlash, Biden sought to clarify on X, saying he meant to describe “hate speech” as trash, not Trump supporters. However, the apology did not stop the ridicule online.
Here are some of the emojis shared by user X:
