AOC weighs in after JD Vance calls Kamala Harris 'trash'

Senator JD Vance, former President Donald Trump's 2024 running mate, called Vice President Kamala Harris “garbage” during a speech on the eve of Election Day.

“The citizens of this country are not trash because they want to afford food and a nice place to live. “But in two days we’re going to take out the trash in Washington DC, and the trash is called Kamala Harris,” Vance said.

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PRO-TRUMP COMEDIAN WHO TOLD PUERTO RICO JOKE IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN draws criticism from AOC and OTHERS

Left: U.S. Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Aston Township, Pennsylvania, November 3, 2024; Right: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks on stage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Left: ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images; Right: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe was criticized after he made a joke in which he referred to Puerto Rico as “a floating island of garbage.” He made the joke while speaking at Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden.

President Joe Biden later sparked controversy when he said, “The only trash I see floating out there is his supporters.”

Biden has indicated that he called Hinchcliffe's comments trash.

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“Today I called the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico that Trump's supporters spread at his rally at Madison Square Garden trash – that's the only word I can think of to describe it,” Biden said in a post on X . “His demonization.” That’s all I wanted to say. The comments at this rally do not reflect who we are as a nation.

Harris said that Biden had “clarified his comments” and that she “rejects any criticism of people based on who they vote for.”

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Republican vice presidential candidate U.S. Senator JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during a campaign event on the Elite Jet at the Contact Aviation facility on October 24, 2024 in Waterford, Michigan. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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Vance has served in the Senate since 2023.