You could tell that Democrats were feeling desperate by the way they latched onto a joke by a comedian at Trump's Madison Square Garden event. It was a combined effort by the entire national media, the Democratic Party and even the Lincoln Project which started running an ad based on comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's joke about Puerto Rico. Kamala HQ ran a Tim Walz reaction video.

These people have no sense of humor. Wild that a vice presidential candidate would take time out of his “busy schedule” to analyze a joke taken out of context to make it seem racist. I love Puerto Rico and vacation there. I made fun of everyone…watch the whole set. I’m a… https://t.co/VFxHRcdv5k

— Tony Hinchcliffe (@TonyHinchcliffe) October 27, 2024

I seriously can't count how many articles the NY Times has published about this, but it's at least 15. NBC News has published at least nine or ten. It's about the same at the Washington Post. Suffice it to say the media has acted as if this is Kamala's last hope. 

As Ed pointed out in the headlines, there were a few voices of reason on the left including Jon Stewart who decided to keep his clown nose on this time and treat the comment like a joke from a very edgy comedian instead of a pronouncement by the Trump campaign.

Props to @JonStewart for admitting he finds @TonyHinchcliffe funny.

“I find that guy very funny. I’m sorry, I don’t know what to tell you. I mean, bringing him to a rally and having him not do roast jokes? That’d be like bringing Beyoncé to a rally and not … " pic.twitter.com/Y3ZFCnRtDb

— Johnny Woodard (@JohnnyWoodard) October 29, 2024

Again, it's fair to say bringing an edgy comic to your big New York event a week before the election probably wasn't a very safe thing to do, but the Democrat/media pearl clutching over this has been way over the top and clearly partisan.

But it makes me wonder what they're going to do now because Joe Biden apparently just stepped all over the "garbage" joke in a way that is undeniably worse than the original.

Pres. Biden tonight:

“Donald Trump has no character. He doesn't give a damn about the Latino community…just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage?…The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.”

— Gabe Gutierrez (@gabegutierrez) October 29, 2024

Not only has Biden one-upped Hillary Clinton's deplorables comment, he has just said in earnest about half the country what Democrats have been freaking out that a comic said about a minority group as a joke.

The difference between Tony Hinchcliffe and Joe Biden is that Biden isn’t a comedian or making a joke.

Democrats truly believe proud America-loving patriots are garbage. Or as Hillary Clinton called us, “Deplorables”

Anyways, this was the most beautiful landfill I’ve ever seen! https://t.co/XpZXsyq16c pic.twitter.com/pRY0YcVxxD

— Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) October 30, 2024

Which is worse, having a comic make an off-color joke or having the sitting President of the United States call not Trump but his supporters "garbage." Hard to argue with Don Jr. here that what BIden did was undeniably worse.

Holy shit. The media spent all week crying about a joke from a comedian. Meanwhile, Tim Walz called Trump supporters Nazis. Kamala Harris refused to condemn it. And now Kamala's biggest Democrat ally, Joe Biden, is calling all Trump supporters "garbage." Absolutely disgusting!!! https://t.co/f0QKtaCbQm

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 30, 2024

Just as a matter of politics, this is a disaster. We've had reaction stories on the "garbage" joke for days every time someone new weighs in. Well, let's keep that going. Where does Kamala Harris stand on this very important issue? No, don't tell me this is nothing all of a sudden. We've just established that this has been the biggest story in the country for two days running. We need to know where Kamala, Tim and Barack stand on Biden's remarks. Get on it national media.

Kamala Harris should not be allowed an inch of space or a moment of peace until she is forced to state on the record whether she agrees with her boss Joe Biden that half the country is human garbage. pic.twitter.com/3jjUMZ7Fyh

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) October 30, 2024

Here's the video.

WATCH: President Joe Biden: "The only garbage I see floating out there is [Trump] supporters." pic.twitter.com/9teSUOytqC

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) October 30, 2024

I'm under no illusions that the media is going to play this straight. I suspect half of them will stop talking about this altogether now and the other half will run pieces explaining how the joke from the comedian was somehow worse. What they won't do is clutch their pearls over Joe Biden's remarks. It's just different when Democrats do it, see?

But as a matter of politics, this is over. The next person who brings up the joke should have Biden's remarks shoved in their face. You wanted this to be the story, well so be it. Let the denunciations of Biden begin.

This is disgusting. Kamala Harris and her boss Joe Biden are attacking half of the country.

There's no excuse for this. I hope Americans reject it.
https://t.co/oLXa0Misng https://t.co/Y67u7rZXVs

— JD Vance (@JDVance) October 30, 2024