Thread by @JewhadiTM

Six times Biden described major events in his life that never happened washex.am/2zjsX2d

1. That time Biden said his helicopter was “forced down” near Osama bin Laden’s lair

“If you want to know where al Qaeda lives... where bin Laden is, come back to the area where my helicopter was forced down with a three-star general and 3 senators at 10,500 feet...”

2. That time Biden said he was a coal miner

“I hope you won’t hold it against me, but I am a hard-coal miner, anthracite coal, Scranton, Pennsylvania,” Biden said. “It’s nice to be back in coal country.“

3. That time Biden said he was “shot at” in Iraq

“Let’s start telling the truth,” he said. “Number one, you take all the troops out — you better have helicopters ready to take those 3,000 civilians inside the Green Zone, where I have been seven times and shot at.”

4. That time Biden said he called Slobodan Milošević a “damn war criminal” to his face

According to Biden’s book “Promises to Keep,” when Milošević asked what he thought about him, Biden responded: “I think you’re a damn war criminal and you should be tried as one.”

5. That time Biden said he participated in sit-ins at segregated restaurants and movie theaters

”When I was 17 years old, I participated in sit-ins to desegregate restaurants and movie houses in my state, and my stomach turned ... and my soul raged ...” said Biden in 1983.

6. That time Biden said he called out President George W. Bush during lengthy private meetings in the Oval Office

"I remember President Bush saying to me 'Well, Joe,' he said, 'I'm a leader.' And I said: 'Mr. President, turn and around look behind you. No one is following.’”