GOP: White House Tries to Clean Up Biden Remarks with Altered Transcript

There is yet another cleanup underway in the White House.

As it has done before, this administration's communications team is working its magic on a recent transcript of a Biden call to donors.

Biden clearly called Trump “supporters garbage,” yet the White House has very skillfully added some punctuation to clean up the remarks.

Uhm, That’s Not What He Said

Biden, during a recent call to supporters, stated, "The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters." The transcript, however, was published as "The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter’s."

White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates offered his explanation, stating, "The president referred to the hateful rhetoric at the Madison Square Garden rally as ‘garbage.’"

Joe Biden then tried to clarify on X, posting, "Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage—which is the only word I can think of to describe it.

"His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That's all I meant to say. The comments at that rally don't reflect who we are as a nation."

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer say this is all hogwash and the administration is covering up Biden’s comments.

In a joint letter, they stated, "In less than one week, the American people will determine the winner of the 2024 presidential election.

“They will choose between two candidates: President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. President Biden — marred by unpopular policies, scandal, and apparent cognitive deterioration — has chosen not to pursue a second term in office.

"President Biden, however, has continued to play a prominent role in Vice President Harris’s campaign and, indeed, is the most powerful mouthpiece for the Biden-Harris Administration’s policies and views that Ms. Harris presumably seeks to continue under a hypothetical Harris-Walz Administration."

They continued, "President Biden’s vindictive words were unsurprising, given his previous statements regarding people who choose not to vote for his preferred candidate. Unsurprising too were the White House’s actions after he said them."

The statement continues, "The move is not only craven, but it also appears to be in violation of federal law, including the Presidential Records Act of 1978.

"White House staff cannot rewrite the words of the President of the United States to be more politically on message."

Donald Trump has taken full advantage, as have some of his surrogates. Trump showed up in a sanitation vest for a rally in Wisconsin, and some of his surrogates are even working shifts as trashmen.

This is a gaffe that is really hurting Harris, as nobody is buying the administration’s excuses, and Trump is cashing in big league.