President Biden has made a series of gaffes, mistakes and surprising statements, while Vice President Kamala Harris has garnered public support for her bid for the Oval Office.
Mr. Biden supported Ms. Harris this term and campaigned for her, but during the nearly 100 days of Harris-Waltz's campaign, she also made a series of mistakes that could hurt Mr. Biden's chances of winning the election. did. Biden initially ran for re-election this year, but withdrew in July amid concerns about his mental strength and age.
Fox News Digital examined the past 100 days or so of the election cycle and compiled the top blunders and surprising comments from the Trump campaign before the 45th president leaves for re-election on Tuesday.
Biden congratulates President Trump, vows 'peaceful and orderly' transfer of power
Biden calls Trump supporters 'trash'
“Donald Trump has no character. He doesn't care about the Latino community,” Biden said on a campaign call from the White House. “Just the other day, a speaker spoke at his gathering. called Puerto Rico An island full of floating garbage.
“The only trash floating around is his supporters. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and un-American.”
White House falsifies Biden's 'garbage' records despite stenographer's concerns
Biden's comments sparked a thunderstorm Criticism from Republicans across the countrySome have compared it to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's “basket of deplorables” remarks at a fundraiser during her failed 2016 campaign, which they see as likely to damage her campaign. It had been done.
The White House sought to retract Biden's comments, saying they specifically referred to Trump's remarks at the massive Madison Square Garden rally. Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, host of the popular podcast Kill Tony, faced backlash for joking that Puerto Rico was a “floating island of trash” hours before President Trump took the stage at Madison Square Garden. caused.
In a post about This is the only word I can think of to describe it.” What the Latinos are saying is unconscionable, that's all I was trying to say. The comments made at that rally do not reflect who we are as a nation. ”
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Despite efforts to retract the comments, Trump and his campaign pivoted to derogatory comments, with Trump wearing a bright orange disinfectant vest and emblazoned with “MAGA” during a campaign event in Wisconsin. I climbed on top of the garbage truck.
Biden wears Trump hat while addressing voters
Biden made waves on social media in September when he visited Pennsylvania voters at the Shanksville Fire Department on the anniversary of September 11, after participating in a wreath-laying ceremony at the city's United Airlines Flight 93 memorial site. .
Biden shocks internet by wearing Trump's 2024 hat: 'This is not AI'
While at the fire station, he spoke with a Trump supporter and decided to put the man's pro-Trump hat on his head.
“Breaking news: Mr. Kamala did something so bad in last night's debate that Joe Biden just wore Mr. Trump's hat,” Trump's presidential strategy office said in the video X.
“Even Joe Biden is voting for President Trump at this point,” Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis quipped online.
“Joe Biden just donned a Trump 2024 campaign hat. This is not a joke…he really did it,” broadcaster Piers Morgan wrote with an emoji of a monkey covering its eyes. Ta.
The White House also confirmed the authenticity of the video and defended the bizarre scene in which Biden is spreading a message of unity to voters.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Williams Arena at Mingis Coliseum on the campus of East Carolina University on October 13, 2024 in Greenville, North Carolina. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
“At the Shanksville Fire Department, @POTUS spoke about the country's bipartisan unity after 9/11 and said we need to return to that unity. As a gesture, he gave a hat to a Trump supporter and expressed support “The president should wear a Trump hat, and he wore it a little bit,” White House press secretary Andrew Bates wrote to X.
In another unexpected wardrobe choice, First Lady Jill Biden set social media ablaze earlier this week when she wore a red pantsuit to vote on Tuesday. Red is the color of the Republican Party, and commenters joked that perhaps Jill Biden voted for Trump in protest of Democrats calling on President Biden to withdraw from the summer presidential election.
Biden's surprising remarks about Republican governor's hurricane response
When two hurricanes hit the southeastern United States in October, Harris slammed Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis for his response to natural disasters, saying the governor's campaign refused to take calls from Harris' team. insisted.
“People are in dire need of help right now, and they are using this moment of crisis to play political games,” Harris told DeSantis reporters. It's the ultimate, totally irresponsible and selfish.”
Biden undermines Ron DeSantis' claims that he is politicizing the hurricane response, saying he is doing a great job
A day after Harris' remarks, Biden declared the Republican governor was doing a “great job” and thanked him for his efforts to help Floridians.
“The governor of Florida has been supportive. He said we've got everything we need. I talked to him again yesterday and he said, no, you're doing a great job, everything's fine. And we said, 'Thank you.' That's it,'' Biden said. “We had a tough start in some places, but every governor from Florida to North Carolina has been fully supportive and supportive.”
DeSantis later hit back at Harris' claims that she was playing politics with the storm, accusing her of being the culprit behind political gamesmanship.
“I've worked on these hurricanes in both situations. president trump And President Biden. Neither of them tried to politicize it. “From the time she became vice president to now, she's never had anything like the storm that we've had,” DeSantis said. past? We know it's because of politics and we know it's because of her campaign. ”
“Mr. Harris is not even in the chain of command. She has no role in this,” DeSantis added. “The idea that I have to worry about her when I'm focused on the task at hand is frankly ridiculous.”
Biden bites baby at Halloween party
In another surprising incident during the campaign, Biden was caught on camera playfully biting a baby dressed in a Halloween costume at a trick-or-treating event last month. While President Trump was campaigning in Wisconsin wearing a disinfectant vest and criticizing Biden's “trash” comments, Biden was seen playfully biting an infant.
Biden seen biting costumed baby at White House Halloween event
President Trump vows to usher in a 'Golden Age of America' in victory speech: 'We'll fix everything'
Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 6, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Trump secured a landslide election victory early Wednesday after key battleground states such as Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia voted in his favor.
“My people, I fight for you, I fight for your families, I fight for your future. Every day I fight for you, and every breath I take, I fight for you. I will not rest until our people are strong, safe, and prosperous.'' Our Children This is the America that our children deserve, and the America that you deserve. This will be America's Golden Age, a great victory for the American people that will make America great again.” President Trump said. His victory speech at midnight.
President Biden leaves the Rose Garden after speaking about the 2024 election in the Rose Garden in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Harris held an election watch party at her alma mater, Howard University, in Washington, D.C., but did not publicly join her supporters as the election results began to tilt in Trump's favor. Biden did not attend the party and spent election night at the White House.
Fox News Digital’s Alec Schemmel and Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.
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