Posted on 06/03/2024 4:30:52 AM PDT by TigerClaws
President Joe Biden has revived a debunked tale about his past – his fictional claim that he used to drive an 18-wheeler truck.
Biden has repeatedly embellished or invented biographical tidbits. In 2021, he claimed during a tour of a Mack Trucks facility: “I used to drive an 18-wheeler, man,” then added, “I got to.” At a separate 2021 event, he told college students studying truck technology, “I used to drive a tractor-trailer,” adding, “I only did it for part of a summer, but I got my license anyway.”
Biden’s claims were fact-checked at the time as false. But on Tuesday, during a campaign event in Florida, Biden said it again.
A supporter told him, “The only reason I have a pension is because of you.” (The supporter appeared to be referring to the Biden administration’s $36 billion in aid to prevent steep pension cuts for more than 350,000 union workers and retirees, including truck drivers.) Biden responded: “Well, we did get that done. Anyway. Besides, I used to drive an 18-wheeler.”
Facts First: Biden’s claim remains untrue. There is no evidence he ever drove an 18-wheeler.
When CNN inquired about the claim in 2021, the White House noted that Biden once had a part-time job driving a school bus (which is not an 18-wheeler or a tractor-trailer) and that, as a US senator in 1973, he spent a night riding in a cargo truck (not driving it).
Biden’s Tuesday rendition of the “18-wheeler” claim came the week after he made some other inaccurate personal claims during a campaign swing in Pennsylvania.
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Plugs the plagiarist lies? C’mon man.
Didn’t he used to run longhorns down in Zaragoza back in the day?
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Published 11:13 AM EDT, Wed April 24, 2024
C’mon, this is more than a month old, I thought it was new, that he’d done it yet again. There’s a reason for the date published field when posting a new thread.
He was inspired to get a job driving a truck after watching FDR’s Pearl Harbor speech on his DuMont TV
Bkmk
He used to arm wrestle to win Beau back from Robert Loggia who kidnapped bim in ‘Nam.
When Joe turned his baseball cap backwards it was no joke man.
Cornpop rode shotgun on the open roads with him. Their CB radio call signs were Big Smoky and Little Smoky
No coming back from Dementia.
Biden went from law school to an internship at a law firm to politics.
It’s sad that Democrat politicians not only lie, it is expected for them to lie. I remember how the media sycophants even gushed over how clever Clinton’s lies were. Then they try to pass themselves off as honest by claiming Republicans lie without even providing examples of said alleged lies.
Put Brandon in a fully loaded 18 wheeler at the top of a big mountain with a couple miles of downhill travel and let him drive it to the bottom. If he drove an 18 wheeler when he was younger it almost certainly had a ten speed or more manual transmission. It would be interesting to watch his progress down the mountain, not only showcasing his double clutching ability, but also testing his knowledge of physics and air brake application. I would pay to see him do it.
Corn Pop and The Child Sniffer
"Breaker one-nine, swinging by the grammar school, anyone out there with eyes on someone worth sniffing?"
They said that with a straight face. Well, the real part of it is that the media donned their Nina Burleighs and swallowed it.
Back in the mid 80s, we interviewed a guy for a QA job and they asked him, "Jeff, have you ever done QA?" His reply: "I shared an office with the QA guy." Somehow he got hired.
Ping
[No coming back from Dementia.]
He claimed to come from a family of coal miners back in the 80s when he first ran for the White House. Cribbed an entire speech from UK Labour Party leader, Neil Kinnock, who did come from a coal mining background.
“…after he made some other inaccurate personal claims”
AKA, lies.
CNN will carry water, and claim he meant to say, “he has seen an 18 wheeler”!
The bought and paid for American Trucking Association [ATA] was at the White House when Joe lied about being a Truck Driver. The Head of the ATA, Chris Spear just stood there with a big grin and nodding his head.
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