White House officials deceptively altered the transcript for President Joe Biden’s shocking “garbage” remarks, despite warnings from stenographers that the move was a protocol violation, according to reports.
Stenographers raised concerns with Biden’s White House handlers that altering the transcript to mislead the American people about what the president had said was a “breach of protocol,” emails show.
According to a leaked email, a supervisor sounded the alarm on the White House press office’s “breach of protocol and spoilation 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 in the email.
“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.”
The internal email from the head of the stenographers’ office was obtained by The Associated Press.
Director of White House Stenography Amy Sands also reprimanded the White House press office after the debacle, writing in an email:
“After last night’s process, our team would like to reiterate that rush drafts/excerpts the Stenography Office sends to assist the Press Office are not intended for public distribution or as the final version of the transcript.
“Please avoid sharing rush drafts/excerpts, which are subject to review and might create confusion among staff, media, and the public while our Stenography Office completes a thorough review process.”
It comes as Biden’s White House handlers continue to deny that the president called half of the country “garbage.”
Responding to the leaked internal email, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement:
“The President confirmed in his tweet on Tuesday evening that he was addressing the hateful rhetoric from the comedian at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally.
“That was reflected in the transcript.”
However, what remains unclear is whether the transcript the White House cites is the one that was altered and released to the press or the final transcript that was sent to the National Archives.
The transcript dispute stems from a virtual Harris campaign call Biden participated in on Tuesday with Voto Latino.
Video shows that, during the Zoom call, Biden took a swipe at President Donald Trump’s rally in Madison Square Garden.
The Democrats and their corporate media allies created faux outrage after insult comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made a joke referring to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”
“The only garbage I see floating out there is [Trump’s] supporters,” Biden said.
“His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and it is un-American.”
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The transcript submitted by White House stenographers originally wrote the word as “supporters.”
However, the transcript released by the White House press office read “supporter’s” with an apostrophe instead.
The White House handlers tried to imply that Biden was criticizing Hinchcliffe and not all Trump voters.
The AP reported that the change was made “after the press office ‘conferred with the president,’ according to an internal email from the head of the stenographers’ office.”
Biden’s comment spread like wildfire on social media as Vice President Kamala Harris was making her final pitch to voters in a major Ellipse speech outside the White House.
However, the controversy completely overshadowed anything Harris had to say.
Biden’s handlers posted on the president’s official X account in a gaslighting attempt to “clarify” what he meant to say.
“Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump’s supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage—which is the only word I can think of to describe it,” Biden wrote on X.
“His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That’s all I meant to say.
“The comments at that rally don’t reflect who we are as a nation.”
However, referring to Trump’s supporters as “hateful rhetoric” doesn’t make sense or fit the context of Biden’s statement.
Trump himself reacted to the “terrible” comment while speaking at a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
“Remember Hillary? She said ‘deplorable’ and then said ‘irredeemable,’ right?” Trump said to his supporters.
“But she said ‘deplorable.’ That didn’t work out.
“‘Garbage’ I think is worse.
“But he doesn’t know- you have to please forgive him.
“Please forgive him. For he not knoweth what he said.”
“And I’m convinced he likes me more than he likes Kamala,” Trump quipped.
Trump has maximized Biden’s blunder by hopping in a garbage truck in Green Bay, Wisconsin while wearing a bright orange safety vest, which he later wore to a rally.
Harris also tried to distance herself from Biden’s “garbage” insult while fielding questions from reporters.
“I think that 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 said.
Harris added that she believes the work she does is about representing all Americans, whether they support her or not.
However, the statement comes just days after Harris held a press conference comparing Trump and his supporters to Nazis.
Harris also told reporters she did speak with the president on Tuesday night, but his “garbage” comment did not come up during their conversation.
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