WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ day of campaigning was sidetracked Wednesday by fallout from President Biden’s attack on former President Donald Trump’s “garbage” supporters.
“First of all, he clarified his comments, but let me be clear, I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for,” Harris, 60, told reporters as she departed Washington for events in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The Democratic presidential nominee said she spoke with Biden, 81, late Tuesday but claimed his inconvenient interjection “didn’t come up.”
The veep also declined to answer when a reporter asked her if she “sympathize[d] with any voters who do feel offended by or insulted by the ‘garbage’ comment.”