Harris criticizes Trump for 'belittling' Americans with 'garbage can' remark [View all]
Source: The Hill
10/25/24 3:03 PM ET
Vice President Harris criticized former President Trump on Friday for calling America a “garbage can for the world,” saying he is belittling Americans with his rhetoric.
Trump railed against immigrants coming into the U.S. during a campaign rally Thursday and called the U.S. a “dumping ground” and “garbage can,” noting it was the first time he had used the trash description but calling it “very accurate.” He repeated the line that the U.S. is a “garbage can for the world” Friday during an event in Texas.
“It’s just another example of how he really belittles our country. This is someone who is a former president of the United States, who has a bully pulpit, and this is how he uses it: to tell the rest of the world that somehow the United States of America is … trash,” Harris told reporters Friday.
“The president of the United States should be someone who elevates discourse and talks about the best of who we are. And invests in the best of who we are,” she said. “Not someone like Donald Trump who is constantly demeaning and belittling who the American people are. America deserves better.”
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