The Federalist has learned that Nevada’s Democratic Senator member is distancing herself from Joe Biden’s say that tens of millions of Trump backers are individual “garbage.”
While speaking on a virtual call with the left-wing Voto Latino on Tuesday night, the president claimed Donald Trump “has no character” and “does n’t give a damn about the Latino community”. He also made reference to a joke that was made during the GOP nominee’s new Madison Square Garden protest, in which a comedian called Puerto Rico a “floating isle of garbage.”
” ]J] ust the other day, a speaker at]Trump’s ] rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage. … The just wastes I see floating out there is his followers”, Biden said.
No long after the incident, a statement posted to Biden’s X accounts attempted to discredit the attack.
A rep for Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen, who is running for reelection this period, told The Federalist that the former Democrat” highly disagrees with disparaging people based on who they vote for” and “works hard to find common ground across party lines and reflect all Nevadans.”
Responding to Biden’s remarks on X, Rosen’s opponent, Republican Sam Brown, href=”https://x.com/CaptainSamBrown/status/1851456116653523344″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>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”.
The RealClearPolitics polling average has shown Rosen with a consistent lead over Brown, even though the margin has appeared tighter in the last few weeks. Polls are frequently used to shape public opinion rather than gauge it. Following the 2024 election, the outcome of the race could determine which party holds control of the U.S. Senate.
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 declined to 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 man being permitted to play.
Shawn Fleetwood is a graduate of the University of Mary Washington and a staff writer for The Federalist. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClear Health, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood
