Trump voters wear trash bags in response to Biden comment

Donald Trump voters, lining up for the Republican nominee's final campaign appearance before Election Day, said they were 'proud to be garbage,' and wore trash bags in response to President Joe Biden's remarks referring to a Trump supporter or supporters as garbage. Sisters Lori Nine and Jodi Ruch sported high visibility vests and hard hats with their garbage bags as they waited to see Trump speak in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Monday (November 4). "We're appropriately dressed as garbage bags because, of course, that's what we have been referred to as --garbage. And so I couldn't think of better outfits than to represent. And we're proud. Proud to be garbage," said Nine, 63, a dental hygienist from Union, Michigan. Biden's supposed attempt to call out racist remarks by a speaker at a campaign rally for Trump backfired last week as Trump and other Republicans accused him of calling their supporters "garbage." Speaking during a fundraising call on Tuesday (October 29), Biden said, "The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter's - his - his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and it's un-American," according to a transcript posted on X by a White House spokesperson. Several news organizations cited the same quote but without the apostrophe amid criticism that Biden had appeared to direct his garbage comment at Trump supporters more broadly. Monique Zarotney customized her garbage bag with a 'T' for Trump and the number 47 in reference to the 47th president, who will be elected when Americans head to the polls on Tuesday (November 5). "President Biden said that all Trump supporters were garbage," she said. "I'm like, I'm going to decorate garbage bags to use as my rain gear. So I put a big T and 47 to celebrate, hopefully, a win." Donald Trump wore a high-visibility vest and sat in a garbage truck while campaigning in Wisconsin last week. Opinion polls show Trump in a close race against his Democratic rival Kamala Harris. Harris leads the former president nationally 44% to 43%, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Oct. 29. (Production: Aleksandra Michalska, Jane Ross)