“We’re not the garbage…”: Vivek Ramaswamy responds to Biden’s dig at Trump

October 31: Reacting to recent remarks that labelled Trump supporters as “garbage,” Indian-American Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy took to the streets of North Carolina on Wednesday, October 30, to collect trash.

Dressed in a fluorescent jacket, Ramaswamy was seen praising the machinery of a garbage truck while receiving assistance from a garbage collector.

In a post on X, he said, “We’re not the garbage, we’re *taking out* the garbage.”

Earlier, former US President Donald Trump climbed aboard a campaign-themed garbage truck in Wisconsin on Wednesday, responding to President Joe Biden’s remarks, in which he appeared to label Trump supporters as “garbage.”

“How do you like my garbage truck? This truck is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden,” Trump said from the passenger seat, which featured a Trump campaign sticker and flag.

President Biden faced a backlash after he seemingly compared Trump supporters to ‘garbage’ while discussing a racially charged joke made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at a Trump rally, which referred to Puerto Rico as an “island of garbage.” Biden criticized the comedian’s characterization of Puerto Rico, asserting that the people of Puerto Rico are “good, decent, and honorable.”

At Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s rally Hinchcliff’s exact words were,
“There’s a lot going on, like, I don’t know if you know this but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now,” he said. “I think it’s called Puerto Rico.”

Hinchcliffe’s joke drew criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, leading Trump’s campaign to sideline itself from his comments.

“This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign,” Trump campaign spokesperson Danielle Alvarez said in a statement to CNN after the rally.