🧵 THREAD: 21 MADE-UP STORIES BIDEN HAS TOLD ABOUT HIMSELF AS PRESIDENT.
1. Biden claimed — on multiple occasions — he “used to drive” an 18-wheeler.
Biden **rode** in an 18-wheeler once nearly 50 years ago. He’s never driven one.
politifact.com/factchecks/202…
Biden **rode** in an 18-wheeler once nearly 50 years ago. He’s never driven one.
politifact.com/factchecks/202…
2. Biden claimed multiples times he spoke to the “inventor” of insulin.
Multiple scientists are credited with discovering insulin; two died before Biden was born and there is no evidence Biden met the others.
nypost.com/2022/11/01/bid…
Multiple scientists are credited with discovering insulin; two died before Biden was born and there is no evidence Biden met the others.
nypost.com/2022/11/01/bid…
3. Biden claimed he “had a house burn down with my wife in it” and said they “almost lost a couple firefighters.”
In 2005, Biden’s house had a “small” fire that was contained to the kitchen and “there were no injuries.”
washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-hou…
In 2005, Biden’s house had a “small” fire that was contained to the kitchen and “there were no injuries.”
washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-hou…
4. Biden claimed he was “raised in the Puerto Rican community” of Delaware.
There is no evidence of this, of course.
In Delaware in 1970, only 2,154 people — 0.39% of the state population — were of Puerto Rican descent.
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There is no evidence of this, of course.
In Delaware in 1970, only 2,154 people — 0.39% of the state population — were of Puerto Rican descent.
nypost.com/2022/10/03/bid…
5. Biden said he remembered “spending time” and “going to” the Tree of Life synagogue after the 2018 shooting.
The synagogue said Biden never visited.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
The synagogue said Biden never visited.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
6. Biden claimed he served as a “liaison” to Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir during the Six-Day War.
Biden was in law school during the war and Meir wasn’t even prime minister.
foxnews.com/politics/biden…
Biden was in law school during the war and Meir wasn’t even prime minister.
foxnews.com/politics/biden…
7. Biden claimed his “first job offer” came from Boise Cascade, an Idaho lumber company.
The company said they have “no record of President Biden’s application or of him having worked for the company.”
nypost.com/2021/09/13/bid…
The company said they have “no record of President Biden’s application or of him having worked for the company.”
nypost.com/2021/09/13/bid…
8. Biden claimed “the first time” he “got arrested” was at a civil rights protest.
There is no evidence Biden has ever been arrested and he was not a civil rights activist.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
There is no evidence Biden has ever been arrested and he was not a civil rights activist.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
9. Biden claimed that he had a conversation with an Amtrak conductor in 2012 or 2013 about traveling over 1 million miles on Air Force Two.
The conductor retired in 1993, passed away in 2014, and Biden didn’t reach 1 million miles on AF2 until 2015.
cnn.com/2021/06/30/pol…
The conductor retired in 1993, passed away in 2014, and Biden didn’t reach 1 million miles on AF2 until 2015.
cnn.com/2021/06/30/pol…
10. Biden claimed he “was appointed to the [Naval] Academy in 1965.”
There is no record of Biden being nominated to the Naval Academy, and Biden graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965 — making it impossible.
nypost.com/2022/06/14/no-…
There is no record of Biden being nominated to the Naval Academy, and Biden graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965 — making it impossible.
nypost.com/2022/06/14/no-…
11. Biden claimed oil refinery pollution is the reason “I and so damn many other people I grew up have cancer.”
Biden doesn’t have cancer. He *had* skin cancer, but the cause was sun exposure — not pollution.
washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jul/…
Biden doesn’t have cancer. He *had* skin cancer, but the cause was sun exposure — not pollution.
washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jul/…
12. Biden frequently claims to have been a “full professor” at the University of Pennsylvania after being VP.
Biden didn’t teach a single class.
dailycaller.com/2020/02/28/bid…
Biden didn’t teach a single class.
dailycaller.com/2020/02/28/bid…
13. Biden claimed his “great-grandpop was” a coal miner — something he has been saying for decades.
He wasn’t.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
He wasn’t.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
14. Biden said after he was elected VP, he awarded his Uncle Frank with a Purple Heart.
Biden’s uncle — who was not a Purple Heart recipient — died in 1999 and Biden wasn’t elected VP until 2008.
nypost.com/2022/12/16/bid…
Biden’s uncle — who was not a Purple Heart recipient — died in 1999 and Biden wasn’t elected VP until 2008.
nypost.com/2022/12/16/bid…
15. Biden claimed he hit a ball 368 feet “off the wall” at his second Congressional baseball game.
Biden actually went 0-2, according to a 1974 newspaper article.
Biden actually went 0-2, according to a 1974 newspaper article.
16. Biden claimed his grandfather was an “All-American football player” at Santa Clara University.
Santa Clara and NCAA records show no evidence of Biden’s grandfather being an All-American.
Santa Clara and NCAA records show no evidence of Biden’s grandfather being an All-American.
17. Biden claimed he “could have been an All-American” football player.
Biden played on the *freshman* football team for part of *one* semester in college. That’s it.
Biden played on the *freshman* football team for part of *one* semester in college. That’s it.
18. Biden claimed he almost walked on to an NFL team and thought he “could make it in the pros.”
There is no evidence of this. Again, Biden barely played any college football.
There is no evidence of this. Again, Biden barely played any college football.
19. Biden claimed he was “shot at” overseas — something he also lied about in 2007.
It never happened.
nypost.com/2021/02/04/joe…
It never happened.
nypost.com/2021/02/04/joe…
20. Biden said that when he was a County Council member, a woman once asked him to remove a dead dog from her lawn — but instead of removing it, Biden claimed he left it on her doorstep.
When Biden told the same story a year earlier, he said he removed it ⬇️
When Biden told the same story a year earlier, he said he removed it ⬇️
21. Biden repeatedly claimed he was “involved” in the civil rights movement.
None of that is remotely true. Biden even admitted in 1987 he was “not an activist.”
None of that is remotely true. Biden even admitted in 1987 he was “not an activist.”
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