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AP sources: White House altered record of Biden's 'garbage' remarks despite stenographer concerns
Associated Press via WRAL ^ | October 31, 2024 | AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER

Posted on 10/31/2024 7:00:19 PM PDT by DoodleBob

White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump, drawing objections from the federal workers who document such remarks for posterity, according to two U.S. government officials and an internal email obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.

Biden created an uproar earlier this week with his remarks to Latino activists responding to racist comments at a Trump rally made by the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who referred to the U.S. island territory of Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”

Biden, according to a transcript prepared by the official White House stenographers, told the Latino group on a Tuesday evening video call, “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.” The transcript released by the White House press office, however, rendered the quote with an apostrophe, reading “supporter's" rather than “supporters,” which aides said pointed to Biden criticizing Hinchcliffe, not the millions of Americans who are supporting Trump for president. The change was made after the press office “conferred with the president,” according to an internal email from the head of the stenographers' office that was obtained by The AP. The authenticity of the email was confirmed by two government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters.

The supervisor, in the email, called the press office's handling of the matter “a breach of protocol and spoilation of transcript integrity between the Stenography and Press Offices.”

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


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; garbage
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1 posted on 10/31/2024 7:00:19 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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that is a crime, and is the 4th reason he should be impeached


2 posted on 10/31/2024 7:04:10 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: DoodleBob

Sounds like we should discuss this topic for another day or two.


3 posted on 10/31/2024 7:06:58 PM PDT by JerseyDvl (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: DoodleBob

Wait the associated depressed posted this dang


4 posted on 10/31/2024 7:07:05 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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5 posted on 10/31/2024 7:16:42 PM PDT by aspasia
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the action could be in violation of the Presidential Records Act of 1978.


6 posted on 10/31/2024 7:21:04 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s² )
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To: DoodleBob

Ya. They hate us.


7 posted on 10/31/2024 7:23:19 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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These bastards are so EEEEVILLL that they can do whatever they want without shame or consequences or a conscience because they are never ever held accountable…..we are their subjects their slaves to do with us as they will. But this must stop! If we fail to stop it November 5 then we deserve what we get! This effing Cabal needs to be destroyed once and for all! This is how evil they are I hear the J6 prisoners are being denied the right to vote…thought some law was passed to let prisoners vote. I know God is watching and will vindicate those who were wrongly incarcerated. Mark my words as soon as Trump gets in those prisoners go free!


8 posted on 10/31/2024 7:26:04 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: DoodleBob
This in the AP? Pinch me...

The Case Of The Phantom Apostrophe. Trump has to be to blame somehow...

9 posted on 10/31/2024 7:26:55 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: DoodleBob

They stole the election and got away with it. They think they are bulletproof but then again so did Al Capone at one point. Whether now or later the truth will eventually all come out and justice if not here on earth then beyond will happen.


10 posted on 10/31/2024 7:30:22 PM PDT by xp38
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So when do the impeachment hearings begin..oh wait a dem did it so it’s fine moving on


11 posted on 10/31/2024 7:50:04 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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For the AP to cover this, to me, it means things aren’t going well in the Harris camp or the WH now.


12 posted on 10/31/2024 8:28:47 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

13 posted on 10/31/2024 8:36:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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House Republicans, meanwhile, were debating launching an investigation into the matter. House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., on Wednesday accused White House staff of “releasing a false transcript” of Biden’s remarks.

In a letter to White House counsel Ed Siskel on Wednesday, they called on the administration to retain documents and internal communications related to Biden’s remarks and the release of the transcript.

“White House staff cannot rewrite the words of the President of the United States to be more politically on message,” the lawmakers wrote to Siskel.

Stefanik and Comer said the action could be in violation of the Presidential Records Act of 1978.


14 posted on 11/01/2024 12:29:25 AM PDT by Texan4Life
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Nina Jankowicz argues that understanding these attacks is crucial for defending democracies and preserving civil discourse and democracy, as well as the value of truth itself.

15 posted on 11/01/2024 12:59:28 AM PDT by aspasia
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She looks like she just attended a Bill Clinton rally.


16 posted on 11/01/2024 4:12:01 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (I'm Pro-Choice and I choose life!)
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To: DoodleBob

Looking forward to MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and various Democrat outlets apologizing for their acceptance of the Biden rewrite.


17 posted on 11/01/2024 4:26:46 AM PDT by Tex52
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Biden and family entire life is about altered records.

Millions of times


18 posted on 11/01/2024 7:12:32 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Texan4Life

Keeping up the hassle is important, regardless of where this process goes.


19 posted on 11/01/2024 7:30:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I call it “apostrophe-gate”.

Catchy, right?

Lol.


20 posted on 11/01/2024 7:33:18 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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