WASHINGTON – Several congressional Democrats in tight 2024 races became the latest members of President Joe Biden’s party to criticize him on Wednesday his word “garbage” It’s about Donald Trump’s supporters.

Elissa Slotkin, Democratic Senate candidate to run Sens. Tammy Baldwin of Michigan and Wisconsin, Jon Tester of Montana and Sherrod Brown of Ohio spoke out against the sitting president’s comments.

“Based on what President Biden said yesterday, he shouldn’t have said that. I mean, this is inappropriate. And for me, I think that kind of talk is the last thing we need in our politics,” Slotkin said. WWJ News Radioa local Michigan radio station.

Slotkin argued that most Michiganders want Democrats and Republicans to discuss their issues “in a civil and reasonable way and not, you know, name-calling.”

“So I didn’t like it, I thought it was unnecessary, but that’s why I think we’re ready for this election to be over,” he added.

Rep. Jared Golden, who is running for a fourth term in Maine, and Rep. Don Davis, who is running for re-election in North Carolina, also raised questions about Biden’s remarks.

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“Americans are bound together as citizens of our great country,” Golden added in a follow-up tweet. “What we need most is to work together towards common goals and overcome common challenges for the good of our communities and our country.”

Davis wrote of X: “We must lower the temperature on all fronts and refuse to refer to individuals or communities as ‘trash’.” The campaigns of Baldwin, Tester and Brown each told USA TODAY that the respective senators disagreed with Biden’s comment.

Golden represents a large rural district spanning central and northern Maine. His race against Republican opponent Austin Theriault, a former NASCAR driver, is considered a toss-up, depending on the race. Cook Political Report. Davis is running against Republican Laurie Buckhout in North Carolina’s newly drawn 1st District, which is considered a toss-up.

Slotkin, a three-term U.S. congressman, is running against Republican Mike Rogers for the Senate seat left vacant by retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow. Numerous polls show Slotkin ahead by a few points vs. Rogers.

And the races of Brown, Baldwin and Tester will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control the Senate next year. Brown is running against businessman Bernie Moreno, Baldwin is running against entrepreneur Eric Hovde and Tester is challenging veteran businessman Tim Sheehy for the seat.

Vice President Kamala Harris And Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro They also tried to distance themselves from Biden’s words just days before Election Day on November 5.

Biden’s statements came after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe Puerto Rico is a “floating island of garbage,” Trump said at his Madison Square Garden rally in New York on Sunday. During a zoom call with a nonprofit, the president said:saw the trash” “floating outside” his “supporters” were there, but it was not clear at the time whether this was possible. He was talking about Hinchcliffe or all of Trump’s supporters. Many Republicans interpreted it as the latter.

Biden later Posted on X (formerly Twitter), “He called Trump supporter’s hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico at his Madison Square Garden rally trash.”

Shapiro he told CNN on Tuesday night He said he would “never insult the good people of Pennsylvania or any American, even if they chose to support a candidate I do not support.” Harris he said on wednesday The president, in clarifying his remarks, is firmly opposed to criticizing anyone “based on who they voted for.”

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