FIRST ON FOX: President Biden is facing a resolution in Congress condemning his “rubbish” comments while speaking about former President Donald Trump's supporters earlier this week.

“President Biden must be condemned for calling millions of Americans who support Donald Trump trash,” Rep. John Rose, R-Tenn., who is introducing the measure later this week, told Fox News Digital.

He linked it to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's infamous line that half of Trump's supporters were a “basket of deplorables” during her doomed 2016 presidential bid.

Trump calls for people to “forgive” Biden in a show of unity after the president called supporters “trash.”

Rep. John Rose (right) leads a resolution condemning President Biden's comments about former supporters of President Donald Trump earlier this week. (Getty Images)

“First, Democrats called half the country deplorable. Now they are doubling down and calling us trash. Disregarding the views and opinions of Democrats over half the views and opinions of the country is exactly what is wrong with the leadership of the far-left liberals,” Rose said.

Republicans have sharply criticized Biden – and by extension 2024 Democratic nominee for Vice President Kamala Harris – over the comments, even forcing leading Democrats to distance themselves from the controversial comment.

The White House has denied that the president called Trump supporters “trash,” and interpretations of what the 81-year-old leader said have been hotly debated.

Biden was asked about Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden during a virtual call with Voto Latino. Democrats had accused Republicans of racist rhetoric during the event, particularly a joke by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe in which he called Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash.”

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He responded by saying, “Donald Trump has no character. He doesn't give a damn about the Latino community. He is a failed businessman. He only cares about the billionaire friends he has and the accumulation of wealth for those at the top.”

“And recently a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a 'floating island of trash.' Well, let me tell you something…in my home state of Delaware, they are good, decent, honorable people. The only trash I see floating around out there is his supporters – his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and un-American. “It’s completely contradictory to everything we’ve done, everything we’ve been,” Biden said.

Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, spoke at his rally following President Biden's comments wearing a high-visibility vest. (AP images)

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted Wednesday that he was referring to Hinchcliffe's joke.

“He doesn’t view Trump supporters or anyone who supports Trump as trash. That’s not what he sees,” she said.

Biden himself posted a similar statement on X earlier this week.

“His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That's all I wanted to say. The comments at this rally do not reflect who we are as a nation,” the post said.

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But that has done little to stem the backlash from Republicans, especially with Election Day less than a week away.

Trump arrived at his campaign stop in Wisconsin on Wednesday in a garbage truck and wore a high-visibility vest during his rally.

Vivek Ramaswamy, one of his deputies, posted a video of himself working with sanitation workers.

Harris distanced himself from the comments Wednesday morning, telling reporters: “I think that, first of all, he has clarified his comments. But let me be clear that I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for.”

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Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., who is running in one of the most closely watched Senate races in the country, went even further.

“In terms of what President Biden said yesterday, he shouldn’t have said it. I mean, it's inappropriate. And to me, that kind of talk is just the last thing we need in our politics,” Slotkin told Michigan radio station WWJ Newsradio.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment on Rose's resolution.