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THREAD: 19 Lies Joe Biden Keeps Repeating About His Life
1. Biden says he “got started out of an HBCU, Delaware State.”
But Delaware State says Biden was never a student. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/25/joe-bidens-claim-about-attending-historically-blac/
But Delaware State says Biden was never a student. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/25/joe-bidens-claim-about-attending-historically-blac/
2. Biden says he “had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see him [Nelson Mandela] on Robbens Island.”
Biden was forced to admit he wasn’t arrested. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/25/bidens-ridiculous-claim-he-was-arrested-trying-see-mandela/
Biden was forced to admit he wasn’t arrested. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/25/bidens-ridiculous-claim-he-was-arrested-trying-see-mandela/
3. Biden told a war story about giving a soldier a Silver Star.
The Washington Post reported “almost every detail in the story appears to be incorrect.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-he-campaigns-for-president-joe-biden-tells-a-moving-but-false-war-story/2019/08/29/b5159676-c9aa-11e9-a1fe-ca46e8d573c0_story.html
The Washington Post reported “almost every detail in the story appears to be incorrect.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-he-campaigns-for-president-joe-biden-tells-a-moving-but-false-war-story/2019/08/29/b5159676-c9aa-11e9-a1fe-ca46e8d573c0_story.html
4. Joe Biden claims he predicted the 9/11 attacks the day before they happened.
The New York Post reported “he did no such thing.” https://nypost.com/2020/09/10/inside-bidens-history-of-falsely-claiming-he-predicted-9-11/
The New York Post reported “he did no such thing.” https://nypost.com/2020/09/10/inside-bidens-history-of-falsely-claiming-he-predicted-9-11/
5. Biden claims he did not advise President Obama against the raid to get Osama Bin Laden.
The Washington Post reported “it’s certainly clear he advised Obama not to go at that moment when Obama’s advisers were debating the issue.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/08/bidens-claim-that-he-didnt-tell-obama-not-launch-bin-laden-raid/
The Washington Post reported “it’s certainly clear he advised Obama not to go at that moment when Obama’s advisers were debating the issue.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/08/bidens-claim-that-he-didnt-tell-obama-not-launch-bin-laden-raid/
6. Biden claimed as a college student he visited the University of Ohio and was arrested for entering an all-female dormitory.
Later he retold the story and said, “I want to make clear to the press, I didn’t get arrested.” https://nypost.com/2020/08/01/biden-has-long-history-of-claiming-arrests-which-never-happened/
Later he retold the story and said, “I want to make clear to the press, I didn’t get arrested.” https://nypost.com/2020/08/01/biden-has-long-history-of-claiming-arrests-which-never-happened/
7. Biden said he was arrested in 1963 for walking on the Senate floor and sitting in the Presiding Officer’s chair.
He also told a different version of the story where a police officer asked him what he was doing but “didn’t arrest me or anything.” https://nypost.com/2020/08/01/biden-has-long-history-of-claiming-arrests-which-never-happened/
He also told a different version of the story where a police officer asked him what he was doing but “didn’t arrest me or anything.” https://nypost.com/2020/08/01/biden-has-long-history-of-claiming-arrests-which-never-happened/
8. Biden claimed he “marched in the civil rights movement… with tens of thousands of others to change attitudes.”
In 1987, he was forced to admit “I was not an activist… I was not out marching. I was not down in Selma, I was not anywhere else.”
In 1987, he was forced to admit “I was not an activist… I was not out marching. I was not down in Selma, I was not anywhere else.”
9. Biden said “guys like me, who were the first in my family to go to college.”
In 1987 he was forced to admit he “borrowed” this sentiment from a British politician and that there were people in his mother’s family who went to college. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/18/us/biden-admits-plagiarism-in-school-but-says-it-was-not-malevolent.html
In 1987 he was forced to admit he “borrowed” this sentiment from a British politician and that there were people in his mother’s family who went to college. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/18/us/biden-admits-plagiarism-in-school-but-says-it-was-not-malevolent.html
10. Biden claimed his Helicopter was forced down by al Qaeda in Afghanistan.
In reality, snow forced the helicopter pilot to land and wait out the storm. Not al Qaeda. https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article9002597.html
In reality, snow forced the helicopter pilot to land and wait out the storm. Not al Qaeda. https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article9002597.html
11. Biden said “I am a hard coal miner, anthracite coal, Scranton, Pennsylvania.”
Joe Biden was never a coal miner. https://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/josephs-fables-joe-biden-claimed-he-came-from-a-family-of-coal-miners/
Joe Biden was never a coal miner. https://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/josephs-fables-joe-biden-claimed-he-came-from-a-family-of-coal-miners/
12. Joe Biden said his ancestors “worked in the coal mines of Northeast Pennsylvania.”
He plagiarized this line from a British politician and was forced to admit he did not have family members who worked in mining. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/six-times-biden-described-major-events-in-his-life-that-never-happened
He plagiarized this line from a British politician and was forced to admit he did not have family members who worked in mining. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/six-times-biden-described-major-events-in-his-life-that-never-happened
13. Biden said he had been “seven times shot at” in Iraq.
He was forced to admit this was an embellishment. https://thehill.com/homenews/news/12791-biden-revises-claim-he-was-shot-at-in-iraq
He was forced to admit this was an embellishment. https://thehill.com/homenews/news/12791-biden-revises-claim-he-was-shot-at-in-iraq
14. Biden claimed he “ended up in the top half of my class” in law school.
The Washington Post reported he ranked 80th in a class of 100 his first year in law school, 79th out of 87 in the second year, and 76th out of 85 in his final year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/09/22/biden-academic-claims-inaccurate/932eaeed-9071-47a1-aeac-c94a51b668e1/
The Washington Post reported he ranked 80th in a class of 100 his first year in law school, 79th out of 87 in the second year, and 76th out of 85 in his final year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/09/22/biden-academic-claims-inaccurate/932eaeed-9071-47a1-aeac-c94a51b668e1/
15. Biden claimed “I graduated with three degrees from undergraduate school.”
Newsweek reported in 1987 that Biden graduated with “a single B.A. in political science and history.” https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6883863-Biden-s-Belly-Flop.html
Newsweek reported in 1987 that Biden graduated with “a single B.A. in political science and history.” https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6883863-Biden-s-Belly-Flop.html
16. Biden said he “was the outstanding student in the political science department at the end of my year [in college].”
In 1987, Newsweek reported Biden did not win the award.
In 1987, Newsweek reported Biden did not win the award.
17. Biden said he “went to law school on a full academic scholarship...”
In 1987, Newsweek reported “Biden did not go to Syracuse Law School on a ‘full academic scholarship.’ He went on a half scholarship based on financial need.”
In 1987, Newsweek reported “Biden did not go to Syracuse Law School on a ‘full academic scholarship.’ He went on a half scholarship based on financial need.”
18. Biden told multiple stories about supposed conversations he had with President George W. Bush, including in the Oval Office alone.
Multiple Bush aides said the conversations never happened. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bush-aides-challenge-bidens-boasts-of-oval-office-slapdowns
Multiple Bush aides said the conversations never happened. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bush-aides-challenge-bidens-boasts-of-oval-office-slapdowns
19. Biden told Detroit workers that $400,000 “is more money than I’ve ever made.”
Biden earned $15.6 million in the two years after he left the Obama Administration. https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-earned-15-6-million-in-two-years-after-leaving-office-11562702642
Biden earned $15.6 million in the two years after he left the Obama Administration. https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-earned-15-6-million-in-two-years-after-leaving-office-11562702642
