White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre “was lying” when she said President Joe Biden did not call former President Donald Trump’s supporters “garbage,” Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson told Newsmax on Thursday.

During a Tuesday video call, Biden said, “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.” The next day, Jean-Pierre insisted the president “does not view” Trump voters “as garbage.”

“His spokeswoman is lying,” Johnson told “National Report” co-hosts Shaun Kraisman and Emma Rechenberg. “It’s obvious Joe Biden thinks half of Americans that support Donald Trump are garbage. He thinks we’re potential domestic terrorists. Hillary Clinton thinks we’re deplorables.

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