No. Obama made this claim.
It sounded “plausible” because people sort of assumed that Obama’s grandfather might possibly have served with Patton or something. Then it came out that No one in the Allied armies — not Patton, not anyone — liberated Auschwitz. It was purely the Soviets.
Then people realized that Obama was a shameless liar. And the media shrugged, and pretended he never said it.
“Then people realized that Obama was a shameless liar.”
If only it were so. Seems like half the population is made up of drooling idiots.