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AP FACT FOCUS: Biden cancer remark causes confusion
The Associated Press ^ | July 21, 2022 | By ANGELO FICHERA (D-AP)

Posted on 07/21/2022 1:18:47 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

CLAIM: Biden announced that he has cancer.

THE FACTS: Biden appeared at the Somerset, Massachusetts, power station to announce new steps to combat climate change.

At one point during his speech, he discussed the impact of environmental pollution from oil refineries near his hometown, sharing an anecdote about his childhood.

Right-wing accounts quickly began sharing a clip of this remark with the claim that Biden was revealing that he had cancer.

But Andrew Bates, a White House spokesperson, confirmed on Twitter that Biden was referring to the publicly disclosed fact that he had skin cancer removed before he became president.

In a November 2021 memo summarizing Biden’s health, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s physician for more than a decade, acknowledged that Biden had “several localized, non-melanoma skin cancers removed with Mohs surgery before he started his presidency.”

“These lesions were completely excised, with clear margins,” the report continued.

Though Biden suggested emissions from oil refineries were responsible for his cancer, his doctor previously linked it to sun exposure.

While discussing the cancer in his memo, O’Connor wrote that it is “well-established that President Biden did spend a good deal of time in the sun in his youth.”

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: democrats; journalism; media; press
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This is part of AP’s effort to address widely shared misinformation, including work with outside companies and organizations to add factual context to misleading content that is circulating online.
1 posted on 07/21/2022 1:18:47 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Some in the international media calling BS.

‘’Total BS’: White House forced to issue clarification after Biden cancer gaffe’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpgbneslL-k

kekw


2 posted on 07/21/2022 1:20:43 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

and he got sent to his room with covid and no tapioca for dinner


3 posted on 07/21/2022 1:22:02 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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“”Biden was referring to the publicly disclosed fact that he had skin cancer removed before he became president.””

Well, of course he was. They must think we’re a bunch of fools if we didn’t understand that!!!!! We’re expert at reading people’s minds! We know where the fools are and they ain’t here!


4 posted on 07/21/2022 1:22:38 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He meant to say that the refineries gave him COVID when he was a kid


5 posted on 07/21/2022 1:23:24 PM PDT by william clark (A man who is unwilling to be proven wrong has little regard for truth.)
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To: Thank You Rush

Also, just about everyone has some mini type of skin cancer happen in life. It’s removed and go on. You don’t talk about it. You don’t join a support group. Sheesh. Do they really think we’ll fall for that lame rationalization?


6 posted on 07/21/2022 1:25:07 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“...Right-wing accounts quickly began sharing a clip of this remark with the claim that Biden was revealing that he had cancer.”


Are you right wingers going to believe us or your lying ears? It’s just like he didn’t say “Repeat the line”, he said “Let me repeat the line”.


7 posted on 07/21/2022 1:27:37 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: al baby
and he got sent to his room with covid and no tapioca for dinner

And Doc Jill didn't give him his evening diaper change.

He'll have to wallow in his full-diaper filth until after his morning oatmeal.

8 posted on 07/21/2022 1:31:36 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Brandon told the same story with the same details with the same oily winshield wiper schtick, bun in that story, he and all his friends got asthma. This latest iteration, he and and all his friends got cancer.

So:
* Does he have asthma?
* Does he have cancer, or did he have cancer? Nope, the mole removal was not cancerous. You don't get moles from oil exposure.
* Does he have COVID-19? He was hacking up a lung and guzzling water in Israel on 7/15, and only now (7/21) tests positive? Was he infected all this time?
* Does he have dementia?
* Does the Pope poop in the woods?

9 posted on 07/21/2022 1:33:44 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Given the recent announcement that Biden has covid-19 it is possible Biden got mixed up with the c words - cancer and covid-19. Who knows? Just another day another gaffe.


10 posted on 07/21/2022 1:35:39 PM PDT by plain talk
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Biden is a Cancer on America. FJB!


11 posted on 07/21/2022 1:39:46 PM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These lesions are not even called cancer any more.


12 posted on 07/21/2022 1:46:09 PM PDT by Kenny500c ( )
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Stupid old coot was probably getting ready to talk about his other corrupt son. But he couldn’t remember the name.
OTOH - the old coot is no more senile than a whole raft of sitting senators.


13 posted on 07/21/2022 2:03:47 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Like ‘anything’ that Biden says is as clear as a bell!


14 posted on 07/21/2022 2:08:47 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Did Joe mean to say “I have Covid” ???


15 posted on 07/21/2022 2:10:05 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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But Andrew Bates, a White House spokesperson, confirmed on Twitter that Biden was referring to the publicly disclosed fact that he had skin cancer removed before he became president.

Then why didn't Biden use the past tense? He said he HAS cancer.

16 posted on 07/21/2022 2:14:14 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Brandon did not say he had “skin” cancer.

He said he had cancer - another lie.

And I do not appreciate it. I had cancer and suffered bigtime, and that lying gaslighting bullshitter minimized an event that was life-defining for me.


17 posted on 07/21/2022 2:17:13 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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I’m with you.


18 posted on 07/21/2022 2:17:53 PM PDT by combat_boots
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To: Thank You Rush

Yeah, because everyone knows that airborne oil pollution, that is so thick it smears on the windshield, causes skin cancer.

It’s the leading cause


19 posted on 07/21/2022 2:18:34 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: FlyingEagle

Maybe his brain bleeds were caused by cancerous brain tumors?


20 posted on 07/21/2022 2:19:30 PM PDT by shotgun
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