NEWSMAX |
Published November 1, 2024
White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump, drawing objections from the federal workers who document such remarks for posterity, according to two U.S. government officials and an internal email obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
Biden created an uproar earlier this week with his remarks to Latino activists responding to racist comments at a Trump rally made by the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who referred to the U.S. island territory of Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”
Biden, according to a transcript prepared by the official White House stenographers, told the Latino group on a Tuesday evening video call, “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.”
The transcript released by the White House press office, however, rendered the quote with an apostrophe, reading “supporter’s” rather than “supporters,” which aides said pointed to Biden criticizing Hinchcliffe, not the millions of Americans who are supporting Trump for president.
The change was made after the press office “conferred with the president,” according to an internal email from the head of the stenographers’ office that was obtained by The AP. The authenticity of the email was confirmed by two government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters.
The supervisor, in the email, called the press office’s handling of the matter “a breach of protocol and spoliation of transcript integrity between the Stenography and Press Offices.”
“If there is a difference in interpretation, the Press Office may choose to withhold the transcript but cannot edit it independently,” the supervisor wrote, adding, “Our Stenography Office transcript — released to our distro, which includes the National Archives — is now different than the version edited and released to the public by Press Office staff.”
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RELATED: White House altered official transcript of Joe Biden’s ‘garbage’ remarks
USA TODAY |
Published November 1, 2024
WASHINGTON – White House press officials reportedly altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to disparage supporters of former President Donald Trump, according to published reports.
The change to the official transcript drew objections from the stenographers who are charged with documenting the president’s remarks for posterity, the Associated Press reported, citing two government officials and an internal email obtained by the news agency. Fox News said it also had confirmed the existence of the email.
The revelation comes as the White House is dealing with the uproar caused by Biden’s remarks, which sparked a backlash among outraged Republicans and created a political dilemma for Vice President Kamala Harris just days before the Nov. 5 election.
Biden made the remark during a Zoom call on Tuesday with Voto Latino, an organization encouraging Latino and Hispanic youth to become politically engaged. On the call, Biden denounced offensive jokes that podcast host Tony Hinchcliffe made about Puerto Rico during Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally over the weekend.
“Just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage,’” Biden said. He added that the only “garbage” he saw “floating out there” were supporters, though it was unclear if he was referring just to Hinchcliffe or all of Trump’s fans.
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SOURCE: www.usatoday.com
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