Joe Biden’s slip-up may have handed the GOP a new line of attack.
In fact, it may have cost the Democrats the election.
Top strategist Frank Luntz called Biden’s “garbage” remark about President Donald Trump’s supporters a potential “turning point” in 2024.
Biden’s response to a joke at a GOP rally ignited backlash.
This lead Luntz to warn that this “inappropriate” comment could hurt Kamala Harris’s chances in the election.
That is, if she stood a chance in the first place.
Frank Luntz: Biden’s Garbage Gaffe May Be ‘Turning Point‘ Leading to Trump Victory https://t.co/E1ZNFk1tZ5 via @BreitbartNews
— Russell #MAGA #FJB #Never Nikki (@RussellCoffey14) October 31, 2024
Independent reports:
Top Republican strategist Frank Luntz has warned that President Joe Biden’s “garbage” comment could have potentially cost Kamala Harris the election.
Biden inadvertently whipped up a conservative media storm this week when he appeared to call Donald Trump’s supporters “garbage” in response to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s racist joke about Puerto Rico at the GOP candidate’s Madison Square Garden rally.
The GOP pollster slammed Biden for the “inappropriate” remark and predicted that it could be a “turning point” in the 2024 race.
“I can promise you, this is going to drive Trump turnout,” Luntz told CNN.
“This may be a turning point for those final three percent. That’s all it is who still need to be persuaded.”
Luntz said that Biden’s gaffe is likely to do more damage to Harris because he is “not some comedian saying something stupid and offensive.”
“This is the president of the United States endorsing his vice president saying something – and I know that there’s different interpretations about what he said – but it’s still inappropriate. He still shouldn’t be doing it,” Luntz said, likening the gaffe to when Hillary Clinton referred to Trump supporters as a “basket of deplorables” in 2016.
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters, his, his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and it’s un-American,” Biden said.
The White House said quickly tried to downplay the comments, insisting that he was referring to Hinchcliffe’s demonization of Latinos – and not Trump’s supporters.
Meanwhile, Harris distanced herself from the remarks. “I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for,” she told reporters.
ADVERTISEMENTDonning a bright orange safety vest, Trump clambered into a garbage truck to taunt Biden and Harris in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Wednesday.
It’s over for them.
Frank Luntz, American consultant and pollster says on CNN that the Biden #garbage comment about Trump supporters is going to cost Kamala the elections and he is absolutely sure about it! pic.twitter.com/y8sY535q0G
— RDT (@RDT2587) October 30, 2024
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