An apostrophe in the news

Here’s a Washington Post gift link: “Did Biden call Trump supporters ‘garbage’? It comes down to an apostrophe.”

My 2¢:

If Joe Biden was speaking of the infamous comedian’s remark, supporter’s, the singular possessive, would make the most sense. If he was speaking of various vile things spoken by various vile speakers at Madison Square Garden, supporters’ would make sense.

Or Biden could have said something like this instead: “The only garbage I see floating out there is the demonization of Latinos. It’s unconscionable, and it’s un-American.” And that would have been that.

Gift links will continue until they don’t. I have ’em, so I’m gonna use ’em. I have about six months left on my subscription.)

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