House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Wednesday accused the White House of releasing a “false transcript” of President Joe Biden’s controversial remarks on Tuesday and warned that it could have violates federal law.

The president appeared to say that supporters of former President Donald Trump were “RUBBISH,” during a video call Tuesday night. But the White House transcript and spokespeople tried to clarify that the president was referring to the comedian who joked that the island of Puerto Rico was a “floating island of trash” at a Trump event this year. The weekend was rubbish, and not the rest of the Trump supporters.

Biden has, too he tried to clarify his comment.

Stefanik and Comer sent a letter to White House counsel Edward Siskel on Wednesday asking that records and communications related to the comment be preserved, along with the transcript, according to Fox News.

“In less than a week, the American people will determine the winner of the 2024 presidential election,” the Republicans wrote. “They will choose between two candidates: President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. President Biden — plagued by unpopular policies, scandal and apparent cognitive deterioration — has chosen not to pursue a second term in office.”

They pointed out how Biden continued to be a prominent part of Harris’ campaign and served as her “strongest spokesperson.”

“Then Americans were rightly insulted when President Biden, seeking to boost Ms. Harris’s presidential campaign, referred to a huge swath of the country as… ‘trash,'” they continued. “President Biden’s vengeful words were not surprising given his previous statements about people choosing not to vote for his preferred candidate. Nor were the actions of the White House surprising after he told them.”

House lawmakers accused the White House of trying to change the comments by releasing a “false transcript of his remarks” and warned that doing so would violate the Presidential Records Act of 1978.

“White House staff cannot rewrite the words of the President of the United States to be more political on message,” Stefanik and Comer wrote. “While President Biden’s relevance continues to decline, his words continue to matter, even as they become increasingly divisive and erratic.”

Lawmakers concluded with the request to preserve records related to the incident and also asked the White House to release “a corrected transcript with the correct words.”

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow X for more coverage.