Nevada’s Democrat Senate Candidate Distances Herself From Biden’s Smear Of Trump Supporters As ‘Garbage’
Nevada’s Democrat Senate candidate is distancing herself from Joe Biden’s claim that tens of millions of Trump supporters are human “garbage,” The Federalist has learned.
While speaking on a virtual call with the left-wing Voto Latino on Tuesday night, the president claimed Donald Trump “has no character” and “doesn’t give a damn about the Latino community.” He also referenced a joke told at the GOP presidential nominee’s recent Madison Square Garden rally, in which a comedian referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”
“[J]ust the other day, a speaker at [Trump’s] rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage. … The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,” Biden said.
A statement posted to Biden’s X account not long after the event attempted to explain away the insult.
When pressed on whether she agrees with the president’s claim that Trump supporters are human garbage, a representative for Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen, who is running for reelection this cycle, told The Federalist the incumbent Democrat “strongly disagrees with disparaging anyone based on who they vote for,” and “works hard to find common ground across party lines and represent all Nevadans.”
Responding to Biden’s remarks on X, Rosen’s opponent, Republican Sam Brown, said the smear exemplifies “what DC elites think of [half of America],” and encouraged his followers to “VOTE them out” this fall.
“Tonight, Joe Biden called half of America ‘garbage,’” Brown wrote. “’Garbage’ because we believe in putting America First, securing our borders, keeping men out of women’s sports, & making life affordable for working families.”
While polls are often used to shape public opinion rather than gauge it, the RealClearPolitics polling average has shown Rosen with a consistent lead over Brown, although the margin has seemingly tightened within the past few weeks. The outcome of the race could decide which party controls the U.S. Senate following the 2024 election.
Throughout the campaign, Rosen has sought to portray herself as a moderate and “bipartisan” lawmaker who’s independent of the Democrat Party and its leaders. Her track record, however, tells a different story.
According to FiveThirtyEight’s congressional vote tracker, Rosen voted in line with Biden’s position 92.5 percent of the time during the 117th Congress (2021-2022). In 2023, she “was revealed to have voted with President Biden 98.6% of the time,” Fox News reported earlier this year. Rosen also helped introduce the Equality Act in the Senate last year, which, as The Federalist’s Breccan Thies previously reported, would “force schools to end separate facilities for boys and girls, such as restrooms and locker rooms, as well as make it a civil rights violation not to allow boys to compete against girls in sports.”
Rosen’s campaign did not respond to The Federalist’s previous request for comment on whether the Democrat senator supports the University of Nevada Reno women’s volleyball team’s decision to forfeit its match against San Jose State University in protest of a trans-identifying male being allowed to participate.
Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood
