Joe Biden’s now infamous “garbage” comment, in which he used the derogatory term to refer to Trump supporters, continues to preoccupy both the White House and Kamala Harris’ campaign. On Thursday evening there was a real scandal, possibly involving crime.
After Biden made this statement while speaking to CNN, the White House immediately changed his remarks and added a magic apostrophe. The narrative then shifted to claiming the president was Strictly speaking refers to the garbage of a particular Trump “supporter,” in this case a comedian, who made a joke about Puerto Rico. As expected, the press reported on the revisionist history.
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However, it is no longer just about politics. According to a up-to-date reportThe White House changed the protocol despite the objections of the stenographer, who felt that an apostrophe should not have been added. The problem? This was almost certainly a crime.
White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden seemed to take a swipe at the supporters of Donald Trumpwhich has drawn objections from federal employees who document such remarks for posterity, according to two U.S. government officials and an internal email obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday.
Biden caused an uproar Earlier this week with his remarks to Latino activists, to which he responded Racist comments at a Trump rally made by the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who described the US island territory of Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage”.
According to a transcript prepared by the official White House stenographers, Biden told the Latino group in a video call Tuesday night: “The only trash I see floating out there is his supporters – his – his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and that.” is incomprehensible.” -American.”
You must ignore the Associated Press’ false claim that Tony Hinchcliffe made “racist comments.” Puerto Rico is not a race. It’s not even a human. It’s a piece of land, and the joke, politically ill-advised as it was, wasn’t about the people who live on the island. Regardless, this is the story that political appointees in the White House press office changed official protocol in a clear attempt to protect the president.
In the email, the supervisor called the press office’s handling of the matter “a breach of protocol and a breach of transcript integrity between the stenography and press offices.”
“If there are differences in interpretation, the press office may choose to withhold the transcript, but cannot edit it independently,” the supervisor wrote, adding: “Our Stenography Office transcript – published for our distribution, which includes the National Archives – is now available.” differs from the version edited by Press Office staff and made available to the public.”
It is a violation of the Presidential Records Act for anyone to tamper with and falsify an official record. Any requested changes must be made through the Stenography Office and there is no obligation to comply with such requests if they are believed to be incorrect. It appears the White House press office has changed the protocol on their objections illegal. That it was done for this apparently Political reasons to protect not only Joe Biden but also the Harris campaign are only making the situation worse.
“The move is not only cowardly, but also appears to be a violation of federal law, including the Presidential Records Act of 1978,” said the letter, written by Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, chairwoman of the House Republican Conference. and James Comer of Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight Committee. “White House “Staff cannot rephrase the words of the President of the United States to convey a more political message,” the two lawmakers wrote.
Will the Biden-led Justice Department push this issue and bring charges? Of course not. That’s not even a question at this point. If Donald Trump wins the election, should Donald Trump’s Justice Department push the issue? Absolutely. Democrats have had no mercy on Republicans over the last four years, weaponizing the law in ways it was never intended. The only way to stop this is to re-establish some sort of deterrence.
