CBS News host Norah O’Donnell said former President Trump is offering President Biden “no mercy” over his comment about disparaging Trump supporters after the Republican candidate showed up to a campaign event in a garbage truck on Wednesday.

“Former President Donald Trump was previously in North Carolina, and tonight he is also in Wisconsin. He recently landed in Green Bay and pulled off this campaign stunt, speaking to reporters from a garbage truck, proof that he and his supporters are showing no mercy to a blunder by President Biden, inadvertently mentioning Trump supporters in his explanation. nonsense,” O’Donnell said in the opening segment of “CBS Evening News.”

Biden sparked backlash Tuesday night after he appeared to call former President Trump’s supporters “trash” during a virtual Harris campaign call with Voto Latino. He lashed out at former President Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden, which made headlines after being insulted comedian Tony Hinchcliffe joked mocking various ethnic groups, with one joke referring to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of trash.”

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Republican presidential candidate, former President Trump, talks to reporters while sitting in a garbage truck on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

“The only trash I see floating out there is his supporters,” Biden said on the call. “His-his-his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and un-American.”

While Democrats in the media rushed to defend, dismiss or downplay the comment, Republicans have embraced it as the new line of attack against the Harris campaign with less than a week until the hotly contested election.

On Wednesday, Trump drove a garbage truck to the battleground state of Wisconsin to answer questions from reporters, wearing an orange reflective vest with “Trump Make America Great Again 2024” written on the vehicle.

“What do you think of my garbage truck?” he asked reporters. “This truck is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden.”

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Former President Trump talks to reporters while sitting in a garbage truck on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Biden’s “garbage” comment quickly went viral and drew swift condemnations from critics, but many journalists and news organizations rushed to clean up his mess. The White House, in a transcript of the speech, added an apostrophe to Biden’s comments, making it appear as if he was saying, “The only trash I see floating out there is that of his supporter — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it is unreasonable. -American.” Biden himself claimed he was specifically referring to the comedian at a Trump rally whose shot at Puerto Rico went viral over the weekend.

The Trump campaign quickly distanced itself from the joke after it was made. Trump told “Hannity” that he does not know the comedian and that his joke was not vetted by the campaign in advance.

Still, Democrats and media pundits have pounced on the soundbite, using it to chastise the Trump campaign for the “racist comment” and encourage Puerto Rican voters to support Harris.

President Biden called Trump supporters “trash” during a virtual Harris campaign call. (Screenshot)

During her show Monday, O’Donnell described the comment as “despicable” before telling viewers: “Puerto Rico is an American island. Let me say that again. Puerto Ricans are American citizens…” She also showed interviews of Puerto Rican voters who said: They believed the joke reflected how Trump felt about them.

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Biden said he wanted to “take a dip” on Hinchcliffe when asked about the comic’s controversial comments earlier this week, but did not elaborate on what he meant.