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Biden Says ‘Over 100’ Americans Have Died From COVID in Latest Blunder
New York Post ^ | July 25, 2023 | Katherine Donlevy

Posted on 07/25/2023 10:54:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway

In yet another embarrassing slip-up, President Biden Tuesday accidentally provided a lowball estimate of COVID-19’s death toll — saying “over 100” Americans have died from the disease since it emerged over three years ago.

Biden, 80, committed the gaffe — which was later corrected to “over 1 million” in an official White House transcript — while announcing a new plan for the expansion of mental health care. “We’re still feeling the profound loss of the pandemic. As I mentioned, we have over 100 people dead,” Biden said at the White House.

“That’s 100 empty chairs around the kitchen table. Every single loss, there are so many people left behind and broken-hearted,” the commander-in-chief added. Though Biden’s estimate is, in theory, correct, the total number of Americans that have lost their lives to COVID-19 since 2020 is closer to 1,135,000, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; covid; fjb; gaffe
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1 posted on 07/25/2023 10:54:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Actually, this time Biden was correct, it’s just that he was making a huge understatement.


2 posted on 07/25/2023 11:00:34 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: nickcarraway

I said what I mizzenfrap and I meant what I gazimbel.

3 posted on 07/25/2023 11:01:31 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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the total number of Americans that have lost their lives to COVID-19 since 2020 is closer to 1,135,000, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

Yeah, OK.

CDC coding error led to overcount of 72,000 Covid deaths 24 Mar 2022

4 posted on 07/25/2023 11:13:01 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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[Biden Says ‘Over 100’ Americans Have Died From COVID in Latest Blunder]


5 posted on 07/25/2023 11:45:32 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

And he said it twice. That wasn’t “misspeaking.” He’s an incompetent buffoon.


6 posted on 07/25/2023 11:50:14 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Trump 2024!)
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To: nickcarraway

Later on in the speech he also claimed he cured cancer


7 posted on 07/26/2023 1:04:30 AM PDT by TheCipher ( RINO politicians in DC are the only reptiles in the world with no backbone)
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To: Prince of Space

It seems the only thing about arithmetic bottom of the school class Joe Biden understands is that he is guaranteed to get “a lot” from each of his own and/or his son’s (maybe his brother, too) extorting mega amounts of money from foreign governments and big companies seeking favors. He knows he’s got enough to buy multiple huge, fancy houses galore. Somehow I think somebody’s told him on a regular basis how much in the way of assets he has. As far as stats that relate to his job? He doesn’t know the difference among hundreds, hundreds of thousands or hundreds of millions, but he loves to quote numbers! Pathetic arrogant overconfidence that stays with him and even increases into his dotage. It’s painful to witness him in action.


8 posted on 07/26/2023 1:45:03 AM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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later corrected to “over 1 million” in an official White House transcript

My lying eyes heard Briben repeatedly say 100. The official White House transcripts need disclaimers for all of the edits they contain: "What you heard is not what Briben said."

9 posted on 07/26/2023 2:02:10 AM PDT by NautiNurse (🇺🇸)
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What a doofus. It is more than 100, not over 100.


10 posted on 07/26/2023 2:42:59 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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Dumber than a candied frog although that is not news to most of us here.


11 posted on 07/26/2023 3:07:08 AM PDT by MachIV
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To: TheCipher; nickcarraway
Later in the same speech Brandon stated, "...We ended cancer as we know it.."
12 posted on 07/26/2023 3:16:46 AM PDT by texanyankee
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To: Lisbon1940

For the first time since he has been resident, he has said something that is true.


13 posted on 07/26/2023 3:35:03 AM PDT by DaiHuy (I support LGBTQ. (Lets Get Biden to Quit.))
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To: nickcarraway

Sometimes he accidentally says the true part out loud.


14 posted on 07/26/2023 3:36:23 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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15 posted on 07/26/2023 3:44:40 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: lee martell

Also cured cancer
Video
Biden announces that he has cured cancer
https://rumble.com/v32csvi-biden-announces-that-he-has-cured-cancer.html


16 posted on 07/26/2023 3:50:58 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: nickcarraway

He’s probably closer to reality then the CDC numbers.


17 posted on 07/26/2023 3:59:50 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Prince of Space

I dont know which scares me the most. Either that he is as you described or that he is being controlled by nefarious people…perhaps his wife perhaps …who???


18 posted on 07/26/2023 4:00:40 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: nickcarraway

While thousands have died from the JAB???


19 posted on 07/26/2023 4:59:23 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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A common misspeak ? Move on ? No.

He doesn’t grasp what he’s saying. Anyone could put anything into his pronouncements. And probably have and often do.

Very scary.


20 posted on 07/26/2023 4:59:49 AM PDT by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'll go ahead.)
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